Stoner Tours Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant

Nancy Stoner, U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water, along with Austin city officials recently toured the biogas generator at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant.  The plant utilizes methane from the sludge treatment process at Hornsby Bend to generate 700 kilowatts (kW) of renewable energy, more than the 500 kW needed to run the treatment plant.

Read more at http://austinenergy.blogspot.com/2013/07/energy-center-biogas-plant-focus-of-epa.html