Energy Savings, Added Value, Benefits, Maps & Cicada Information Links
In addition to keeping these bugs out of your towers and your systems clean, the cooling tower efficiency and performance is dramatically improved, in the following ways:
ROI: Significant Energy & Operational Cost Savings
- 5% savings in the cooling tower fan VFD or runtime
- 2-3% savings in the chiller(s) due to a 1º F lower water temperature in a 10º F DeltaT design ($1,450 – $2,000/yr x 10 yrs = $14,000-$20,000)
- 20% savings in maintenance & water treatment costs
- Total ROI for Intake Air Filters > 2 years
on Cooling Towers, not counting the costs for removing 13 & 17 Year Periodical Cicadas
Maps
Other Links:
- 17-Year cicada cycle beginning — what to expect
- Cicadas – Missouri Department of Conservation
- Periodical Cicadas – Magicicada broods and distributions
- Periodical Cicada – University of Missouri Extension
- 17 Year Periodical Cicada – Kansas State University
- University of Michigan – Periodical Cicada Page
- Cicada Central Database