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Hornsby Bend Biosolids Facility Digester Cleaning and Rehabilitation
$20,000,000.00 - 18 jobs - Water Program
52% voted critical - 48% voted not critical - 122 votes cast
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[edit] General Description
Repair and Refurbish large covered concrete lagoon where sludge from the waste water treatment plants is pumped and biologically digested by microbes to produce methane which is then pumped to a power plants where it is burned and converted into elctricity for the city of Austin and the central Texas region.
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/water/wastewaterplant.htm
[edit] Points in Favor
Improve efficiency and continued operation of the Austin Waste Water treatment process,
Provides renewable energy not dependant on the sun or winds.
Prevents the sludge from entering and polluting groundwater.
Collects the gasses to prevent air pollution.
[edit] Points Against
The regional utility should fund this project with user fees, as mandated in their operating permit.