Managing Central Marin Sanitation Agency's Organic Waste Receiving Facility

Thursday, April 11

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM

Location: Sierra/Ventura, Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel

SWRCB Wastewater: 0.05 CEU

CWEA: .5 Contact Hours

Sponsored By:

Practice Area: Electrical & Instrumentation, Engineering & Research, Operations & Maintenance

Provide facility staff and design engineers with information to better select, implement and monitor organic waste receiving facility (OWRF) equipment. During this session, hear about CMSA's experiences with operating and maintaining OWRF equipment, meeting facility specific contractual obligations, and continue to meet NPDES, state, and local permit requirements.

Learner Outcomes:

Incorporate OWRF design into planned anaerobic digester improvements.
Understand why CMSA chose to design a facility that would utilize food wastes for energy production.
Understand CMSA's end goal which is 100% energy neutrality and ultimately energy exportation to the utility energy grid.

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

Primary Speaker(s)

Chris Finton

Treatment Plant Manager
Central Marin Sanitation Agency
San Rafael, CA

Track Facilitator(s)

Joerg Blischke

Senior Process and Organics Management Specialist
Black & Veatch
Walnut Creek, CA
Christine Polo

Process Engineer
Black & Veatch
Walnut Creek, CA