The goal of this blog will be to demonstrate the options available to wastewater plants who are now flaring and wasting methane gas. Through process changes and rethinking the organic waste stream we have achieved significant savings and even sources of revenue which every local government should be striving for.

The Hermitage Food Waste to Energy Facility process began in 2009 with the upgrade of the existing wastewater plants two existing anaerobic digesters. The decision was made to utilize the methane gas being produced and flared in a way that could benefit the plant. The two existing digesters were rebuilt to operate as mesophyllic digesters, and a third digester was added. A new thermophyllic digester was then added which allowed the plant to go from producing a Class B biosolid to generating a Class A EV biosolid. That decision alone allowed the plant to begin seeing savings in the way the biosolids were handled, and I will discuss that in a later blog post.

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