CASE STUDY: SILVERTON CASINO AQUARIUM Popular Casino Aquarium Wins With Energy Savings Improvement Among the many features ofered at Silverton Casino in Las Vegas, local and out-of-town tourists are particularly drawn to the 117,000-gallon cylindrical saltwater aquarium. What visitors don’t see when they visit the popular attraction is the immense behind-the-scenes mechanical system. This system runs 24/7 to regulate the aquarium’s water fow, salinity, temperature and fltration. Staf saw an opportunity to reduce energy costs associated with maintaining the popular attraction and turned to NV Energy for help. Within this mechanical system is a pump-driven cleaning system that runs of a 15-horsepower motor. The motor has the capacity to pump 2,400 gallons per

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