What’s the fuss about THP?

What’s the fuss about THP?

The Blue River wastewater treatment plant – the plant that processes the vast majority of solids in Kansas City’s wastewater – retired its half-century old incinerators to adopt new technology, a thermal hydrolysis process (THP). But, what exactly is THP,...
Everything you ever wanted to know about BIM

Everything you ever wanted to know about BIM

Watch a Building Information Modeling (BIM) video tour. Not only will the Blue River Biosolids Facility have the latest technology to process human waste into a useful agricultural product, the facility is also being designed using the latest architectural technology....
A strong foundation: Building down to build up!

A strong foundation: Building down to build up!

Watch a video of helical pile installation. A big part of recent construction at the Blue River Biosolids plant is the installation of over 200 helical piles. Chances are these helical piles, while not “piles” in the familiar sense, will be all but forgotten once...
The ins and outs about Envision verification

The ins and outs about Envision verification

Click the link to watch a video of Brooke Givens, KC Water communications and outreach manager, interviewing Amy Goetz, Black & Veatch civil engineer about Envision™. The City of Kansas City, Missouri made a commitment to sustainable infrastructure decades ago....
Now you see it, now you…see it somewhere else

Now you see it, now you…see it somewhere else

Click the link to watch a video of Suzie Carpenter, Black & Veatch design manager, explaining how recycling is a big part of KC Water’s new biosolids project. The former KC Water Blue River solids processing building and incinerator stack have been...