Creating a hospital-specific sewage clean-up management plan

Creating a Sustainable Biosolids Management Plan

A city with a population of approximately 12,500 operates two advanced wastewater treatment facilities (WWTF) with a combined treatment capacity permitted at 2.75 million gallons per day (mgd). Each facility discharges 100% of the effluent generated onsite to the reuse system for use throughout the city. Biosolids at each facility are aerobically digested and the city uses an independent contra...

Ten Simple Rules for Creating a Good Data Management Plan

Research papers and data products are key outcomes of the science enterprise. Governmental, nongovernmental, and private foundation sponsors of research are increasingly recognizing the value of research data. As a result, most funders now require that sufficiently detailed data management plans be submitted as part of a research proposal. A data management plan (DMP) is a document that describ...

Sewage Sludge: a Fascinating Feedstock for Clean Energy

Sewage sludge is composed of organic and inorganic materials. The organic portion of the sludge is predominantly composed of C, H, ti, and S. On a dry-basis, the heating value of sludge is greater than that of oil shale or tar sand. The volatile matter content of dry sludge can be higher than that of the high volatile bituminous coal. Available correlations in the literature, developed for coal...

Towards Creating Application-Specific Database Management Systems

Peak Electricity and the Clean Power Plan

Complex energy modeling is increasingly central to the development of electricity sector regulations, and perhaps increasingly necessary. But environmental agencies need to remain vigilant to avoid vulnerabilities created when models designed for broad energy system projections are repurposed for the design of detailed pollution control policies. All models are false, some are useful, and by im...