MANITOWOC PUBLIC UTILITIES Community Owned...Customer Focused Home FAQ Helpful Tips Contact Us SEARCH FACILITY TOURS With advance notice, Manitowoc Public Utilities will provide educational tours of its Power Plant, and Water Treatment Plant. In the past, some school groups have visited both MPU facilities, plus the nearby Sewage Treatment Plant, to give an overview of the infrastructure needed to operate a city. For more information about a tour, contact the Senior Manager-Business Services, Cindy Carter, at (920) 686-4324. Appropriate dress, which includes long pants, closed-toed walking shoes, and clothing/accessories for expected weather, is mandatory for all tours. Due to safety concerns, visitors with inappropriate dress will not be able to tour the entire operational facility. We provide additional safety equipment, when required, to tour a facility (i.e. hard hats, safety glasses, ear protection). Schools must provide one adult chaperone for every 8 children (minimum). Power Plant Tour Designed for high school aged students, the power plant tour teaches concepts of energy conversion in a power generation facility. To make effective use of student and faculty time, the tour is broken into two parts: classroom lecture and in-plant visit. The classroom lecture employs a multi-media presentation by a MPU professional, reviewing the energy conversion processes within the plant. The process begins with potential chemical energy in the form of fuel; taking it through the combustion process; thermodynamic heat transfer to water; steam to mechanical conversion, and finally electrical generation. The classroom lecture takes about one hour, or one class period. The plant tour is normally taken a day or so following the classroom lecture, while concepts are still fresh in the student's mind. The tour gives students a chance to see first hand the conversion process and machinery within the plant. The plant tour also takes about one hour, or one class period. Water Treatment Plant MPU's state-of-the-art microfiltration water treatment plant teaches students about the process needed to provide safe and reliable water to the community for consumption and fire protection. Students will learn about water quality as it comes from Lake Michigan; how, through membrane filtration and chemical treatment, raw water is made safe for consumption; and trace the maze of underground pipes, fire hydrants, and storage tanks located throughout the City to get water to consumers. The water filtration plant tour takes about one hour to complete. Home Customer Self Service AMI Project Electric Utility Water Utility Lead Awareness Community News & Reports Conservation About Us Feedback Parse error in downloaded data Office Hours: M-F 8AM - 4:30PM Central Time Address: 1303 South 8th Street P.O. Box 1090 Manitowoc, WI 54221 Phone: (920) 683-4600 Emergencies: Quick Links Request Service Hours & Locations Make a Payment Energy Assistance News Conservation Careers Sitemap Employee Log-In WI Relay Service Focus on Energy © 2021 Manitowoc Public Utilities. All rights reserved.