Dirty Business: How Municipal Governments Can Lead in Reducing Emissions and Promoting Renewables

Published on February 14, 2023

One proposed solution is to incentivize municipal wastewater treatment facilities to implement anaerobic digestion of biosolids and biogas capturing methods to produce Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), a renewable fuel used in the generation of heat and electricity, onsite or at a nearby centralized facility shared by multiple treatment facilities. This process creates an economically viable volume of RNG, reducing the volume of biosolids needed to be land-applied which significantly contribute to methane and CO2 emissions. 

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