Feasibility Study of Waste to Energy in Willow Creek

With an estimated population of 15,893, the Municipal District of Willow Creek is a small municipality. Willow Creek Regional Class II Landfill is the only waste management facility for the entire M.D. of Willow Creek region. The Willow Creek Regional Waste Management Services Commission (WCRWMSC) governs and manages this existing disposal facility. The Willow Creek region is seeing an increase of annual waste volumes as populations and industry increase. Increased waste volumes will eventually require the current landfill area to increase as well. Therefore, Willow Creek Regional Waste Management Services Commission (WCRWMSC) and the member municipalities are aiming for alternative waste management systems of the landfill which will provide green energy, will take less space, and have less adverse impacts on the environment.
The project will propose a highly efficient waste to energy facility which will produce green energy and will reduce amount of greenhouse gas compared to the existing waste management system. The recovered green energy can be used to heat waste mgmt. facility buildings at M.D. of Willow Creek region. Moreover, the project will help to decrease the utilization of large areas for landfill…

Faculty Supervisor:

Qiuyan Yuan

Student:

Partner:

Willow Creek Regional Landfill

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Green/Alternative Energy; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

University of Manitoba

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