Codigestion of food waste and blackwater in Canada

Globally and across Canada cities are challenged in providing sustainable water, and sanitation services are in the face of increasing water demand due to increasing life quality, decreasing water availability, more stringent water quality goals. Sustainable solutions considering energy and nutrient recovery are becoming an urgent demand.
One option that improves upon economic, environmental and societal goals compared to conventional centralized services is a blackwater-only sewer separate from household greywater. Meanwhile, food wastes generated from household is a large proportion in domestic solid wastes and imposes significant impact on environment, society and economy. For instance, a landfill for food waste treatment in Alberta incurred a $350000 (CAD) emissions tax.
We propose to develop and optimize reactors that can carry out food waste digestion and blackwater treatment simultaneously . TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Yang Liu

Student:

Partner:

WaterWerx Renewables

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Water

University:

University of Alberta

Program: