Implementing Food Waste Co‐digestion at Wastewater Treatment Plants: Planning and Operations - Part 1 - On Demand

Member fee: $38.00
Non-Member fee: $53.00

1.8 contact hours towards CWEA's  Electrical / Instrumentation Technician, Environmental Compliance Inspector, and Mechanical Technologist certifications 

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• Review of factors influencing feasibility of co digestion with organic co substrates and long term planning considerations to balance sustainability and performance goals at resource recovery facilities.
• Learn about treatment technologies that may be implemented to improve handling of high strength waste (HSW).
• Recognize challenges associated with feedstock and how to address these challenges.
• Understand how microbial communities involved in the co digestion of wastewater residuals respond to different co substrates and operational conditions.
• Become familiar with operational factors that influence successful integration and optimization of co digestion practices.

Webinar Chairs: Irina Lukicheva and Jenny Reina
Moderator: Kevin Jim

1. Considering Co Digestion in Long Term Planning  with a focus on nutrients, financial impacts, and greenhouse gases. Matt Hoeft, EBMUD
2. Development of Food Waste Slurry Specifications for Anaerobic Co digestion at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant, Artin Laleian, LA County Sanitation Districts
3. Pretreatment Alternatives for Source Separated Organics  Criteria for a Successful Co digestion Program, Jay Surti, Greely and Hansen

Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check code (directions below) will receive1.8 contact hours towards CWEA's  Electrical / Instrumentation Technician, Environmental Compliance Inspector, and Mechanical Technologist certifications. 

To receive your contact hours for viewing the live webinar, please note the two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the webinar in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the Attention Check Code component under the "Contents" tab.  

Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions. It is not possible to receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

Once you have entered the correct attendance check codes, you will be able to create and download an electronic certificate of completion under the "Contents" tab.