MAKING ENERGY FROM BIOSOLIDS, FATS, OILS AND GREASE
The F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center (FWHWRC), owned and operated by the Gwinnett County, GA, Department of Water Resources (DWR), is an advanced wastewater treatment plant which currently...
View ArticleAnaerobic Co-Digestion for Increased Renewable Energy
Significant opportunities exist to increase renewable energy production using existing municipal anaerobic digesters. Many wastes can be added to co-digest more carbon and produce more methane. The...
View ArticleCo-digestion at Annacis Island WWTP: Metro Vancouver’s Path to Renewable...
Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant which is operated by Metro Vancouver, is leading the way in working within a carbon based regulatory environment. British Columbia has instituted carbon...
View ArticleGREASE CO-DIGESTION AT DALLAS WATER UTILITIES SHOWS MAJOR ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) has identified multiple projects within their wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to support the Green Dallas Initiative for energy conservation and sustainability. In...
View ArticleOptimizing Energy Harvest in Wastewater Treatment Using Hydrogen Producing...
Two clean technologies, namely, “Anaerobic hydrogen production” and “Microbial fuel cells (MFC)”, hold great potential for producing energy from wastewater, which can provide economic and environmental...
View ArticleImproving Nutrient Removal While Reducing Carbon Footprint at Three Swiss...
Aeration consumes about 60% of the total energy of a WWTP and therefore makes up for a major part of its carbon footprint. Introducing advanced process control can help plants to reduce their carbon...
View ArticleSPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY’S EXPANDED COMPOSTING FACILITY APPLIES AERATED STATIC...
Spotsylvania County embarked up an aerated static pile composting program in 2002 to manage undigested dewatered wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) residuals cake from their Massaponax WWTP in...
View ArticleEPA’s Response to the Current Status of CSO Control Efforts Development of...
EPA’s combined sewer overflow (CSO) program has reached a mature stage. Some communities have completed their CSO controls, while others are in the process of constructing controls or evaluating...
View ArticleIntegrated Approach to Biosolids Management for a Utility with Multiple Small...
To assure that Polk County Utilities (PCU) is ready for coming changes in regulations and ever increasing solids production from ten treatment facilities geographically dispersed throughout the County,...
View ArticleSelection of a Solids Management Plan to Meet a Sewerage District’s Vision of...
The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District (GBMSD) is a public utility, established in 1931, that reclaims 38 million gallons of wastewater per day at two treatment facilities in Green Bay and De...
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