Back In the 1990s Arthur Andersen's consultants were known as Andersen's Androids because their prescription for UK corporates was always the same, regardless of the sector or the problems the company faced. The solution was always to slash the cost base. Much the same is now happening in the water industry with energy consultants claiming to be able to drive huge savings in energy costs. The problem is that their prescription is all-too-often the same, namely: replace that fixed speed pump with a variable frequency drive (VFD).
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