Bridging the Gap with Food Waste Digestion

Wednesday, April 10

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

Location: Smoketree A-E, Palm Springs Convention Center

SWRCB Wastewater: 0.05 CEU

CWEA: .5 Contact Hours

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Practice Area: Communication & Outreach, Engineering & Research, Operations & Maintenance

This presentation will include an overview of the regulatory drivers for the project, bench scale test results, details on the food waste processing and delivery systems, and development of a full sacale system.

Learner Outcomes:

Laws and regulations mandating organics diversion in California are changing. After participating in this session, participants will be able to understand the challenges associated with this developing market.
Provide our member cities a comprehensive solution to handle a significant amount of the million tons of Los Angeles County’s organics that need to be diverted from landfills.
Evaluate the feasibility of food waste digestion at wastewater treatment facilities, through bench scale testing, feasibility studies, and long-term full scale demonstration programs.

Level: Intermediate; working knowledge of subject matter / journeyman level staff

Primary Speaker(s)

Mark McDannel

Division Engineer
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Whittier, CA

Track Facilitator(s)

Patrick Griffith

Principal
consultant
Los Angeles, CA