Established in 1997, the North East Biosolids & Residuals Association (NEBRA) is a non-profit professional association advancing the environmentally sound and publicly supported recycling of biosolids and other organic residuals in New England, New York, and eastern Canada.
Wanted to say thank you for sharing this seminar. I found it incredibly exciting, fascinating, and informative. Looking forward to the future developments and (who knows how many) new implimentations. Hopefully I can be become involved in helping with current endeavors, and/or advancing in new applications!
Let's see: 66 million tons of sludge every year produced in North America (min. 34:00) 66 mill x 200 pounds = 132 billion pounds of sludge per year One 44-gallon "barrel" of crude oil weighs ~300 pounds Suppose: we can convert all sewage sludge into crude oil at a 1 to 1 ratio, so: 132,000,000,000 pounds of sludge divided by 300 pounds per barrel of crude oil = 440,000,000 barrels of crude oil produced from sewage sludge. (440 million barrels) The US consumes 20 million barrels of oil per day. If a year's sludge in the US were converted into crude oil, it would supply the US with oil for 22 days. Phew. [Still worth it if it can be done cost-competitively.]
Need full screen on those slides. The speaker needs to run his talk through the marketing department. He knows his material, but to the general audience it sounds like geeky gobbledygook that you have to struggle to make sense of.
Are there any studies being done that show the use of sludge applications by Waste Water Treatment facilities on sod farms, tree farms and in sprayfields that may impact nearby communities?
