Food waste and wastewater sludge co-digestion technology
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Case Studies
Burlington, Ontario, Canada-based Anaergia Inc. has announced it will provide technology to Monterey One Water, a wastewater utility in northern Monterey County, California, to make renewable energy from food waste and wastewater.
Anaergia says the project will significantly expand anaerobic digestion (AD) capacity at Monterey One Water’s Regional Treatment Plant (RTP) in Marina, California. The planned project also will put in place organic waste receiving and pre-processing equipment at the plant.
The modifications and additions will allow the utility to receive and co-digest food waste in existing digesters currently used to process wastewater biosolids, according to Anaergia. “When anaerobically digested, the waste produces renewable biogas, which is then used to generate electricity and heat at the Monterey One plant,” states the firm.
The project will return a mothballed anaerobic digester to service and provide Anaergia digestion tank mixing technology to process food waste with biosolids “without impacting critical wastewater operations,” adds the Canadian company.
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