Building Great Teams to Deliver Great Projects

Energy-Positive Operations: City of Los Angeles Digester Gas Utilization Project

SWRCB Wastewater: 0.1 CEU

CWEA: 1 Contact Hour

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Practice Area: Engineering & Research

The need to provide sustainable and reliable public infrastructure has become a top priority for many public agencies. During this session, engineers from the City of Los Angeles will present the project challenges and successes of the Digester Gas Utilization Project, to benefit sustainable energy recovery projects of the future.

Learner Outcomes:

• Impart the success story and lessons learned of this project for other agencies to apply and to future similar and projects of varying scales.
• Gain knowledge about wastewater cogeneration technology, inherent challenges to the process, and options for maximizing the potential of energy recovery for future municipal projects.
• Gain knowledge about alternative project delivery methods applicable to energy recovery projects.

Level: Introduction to; limited knowledge of subject matter / entry level staff

Primary Speaker(s)

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  David Copp

  Environmental Engineer / Project Manager
  City of Los Angeles / Bureau of Engineering / Environmental Engineering Division
  El Segundo, CA

Track Facilitator(s)

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  Thomas Falk

  Environmental Engineer
  CDM Smith
  Carlsbad, California