DC Water Saves Energy
DC Water was the first plant in North America to adopt thermal hydrolysis process from the company Cambi.
Using this process creates biogas and has enabled DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Treatment Plant to generate 10 megawatts of electricity, which is about one-third of the plant’s energy requirement.
More information on a Greener Blue Plains EXIT EXIT EPA WEBSITE.
Oakland, CA, Utility Goes Energy Positive
More than a decade ago, East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in Oakland, CA, began accepting organic wastes from local food processors, food growers and livestock producers to better utilize the excess capacity in its existing anaerobic digesters.
Conserving and Recovering Nutrients
Madison, WI, and Boise, ID, Harvest Phosphorus
The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, in conjunction with Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies, recovers phosphorus at their Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant, converting it into an environmentally friendly fertilizer, Crystal Green®.
More information on Phosphorus Harvesting EXIT EXIT EPA WEBSITE.
Using Technology to Optimize Fertilizer Application
Researchers at University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working with farmers on Project SENSE (Sensors for Efficient Nitrogen Use and Stewardship of the Environment), which uses innovative technologies to optimize nitrogen fertilizer use.
Improving and Greening of the Water Infrastructure
GreenPlan Bay Area
The GreenPlan Bay Area project developed a GIS-based tool and Green Plans to help municipalities in California identify the optimal combination and location of green infrastructure/low impact development features to address water quality on a watershed scale.
More information on GreenPlan Bay Area.
Improving Water Quality of Our Oceans, Estuaries, and Watersheds
Protecting Lake Tahoe
The Lake Clarity Crediting Program uses a suite of stormwater tools and protocols to target ongoing effective actions to reduce urban stormwater fine sediment and nutrient pollutants to Lake Tahoe.
More information on Lake Tahoe
Reducing Water Impacts from Energy Production
Cleaning Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a method using microbes to clean both organic contaminants and salts from hydraulic fracturing wastewater, while producing renewable energy.
More information on the University of Colorado Boulder project EXIT EXIT EPA WEBSITE.
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