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A local water and sewer authority plans to turn waste into energy at their new facility.
The Morrisville Municipal Authority signed an agreement recently with Ecoremedy LLC to set up a system that will change biosolids and other waste organics into syngas, a entirely renewable source of thermal energy that replaces natural gas. The new system that uses a “proprietary process” for conversion will be constructed in the Morrisville Municipal Authority’s new wastewater treatment facility.
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The Morrisville Municipal Authority serves customers in Morrisville Borough and Yardley along with portions of Falls Township and Lower Makefield.
As planning for the new facility began, the authority looked for ways to reduce the “significant” costs that comes along with managing biosolids. The wastewater treatment plant currently processes about 5,000 wet tons of the organic substance that is usually hauled to landfills for disposal.
“While convenient, many landfills throughout the Northeast are near capacity and seeking ways to divert disposal of otherwise useful organic material. Communities like Morrisville are searching for a solution that is fiscally and environmentally sustainable,” a press release from the Morrisville Municipal Authority said.
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“A primary goal for the new wastewater treatment facility is to incorporate state-of-the-art technology for resource recovery and renewable energy production,” said John Warenda, executive director of the Morrisville Municipal Authority. “By conducting a full-scale demonstration of Ecoremedy’s technology for functional integration with the new facility, the MMA expects to see an immediate impact toward meeting those goals without any cost increase to ratepayers.”
Ecoremedy is covering the multi-million dollar cost of the system.
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The Ecoremedy equipment is expected to go online in mid-2019.
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that the Ecoremedy equipment will go online this year. The mention of a reconstructed facility was amended.
