The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is set to start work on two massive environmental projects at the 370 mgd Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.
DC Water will become the first in North America to use thermal hydrolysis for wastewater treatment. When completed, it will be the largest thermal hydrolysis plant in the world. The process will “pressure-cook” wastewater solids to produce combined heat and power, generating 13 MW of electricity for $10 million in savings annually).
“DC Water is the largest consumer of electricity in the District of Columbia, and the digesters should cut our consumption
