Project Resources

Design-Build and Subcontractor Meeting #1

The following documents and resources are from the informational meeting held on June 17, 2019.

- Blue River Biosolids Meeting Flyer [PDF]: Design-Build and Subcontractor opportunities
- Outreach meeting presentation [PDF]
- Check-in Sheets [PDF]: Please note, there are two sets of check-in sheets. Participants who RSVPed and attended the meeting put their initials by their name.
- Sign-in Sheets [PDF]: Participants who did not RSVP filled in the sign-in sheet.
- Photo Gallery: Photos from the meeting

Presentations

- August 30, 2019: Mandatory Pre-SOQ meeting presentation [PDF]
- June 17, 2019: Outreach meeting presentation [PDF]
- April 2019: Presentation to U.S. Water Alliance [PDF]

Other Thermal Hydrolysis Process (THP) Plants

United States and Canada

- San Francisco Biosolids Digester Facility Project – San Francisco, California
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission – Laurel, Maryland
- Neuse River Resource Recovery Facility – Raleigh, North Carolina
- Hampton Roads Sanitation District – Hampton Roads, Virginia
- Arlington Water Pollution Control Plant – Arlington, Virginia

International

- City of Calgary – Alberta, Canada
- United Utilities – Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Outside News Articles

- KC Water hosts tour at future biosolids facility site (August 24, 2022), Northeast News
- KC wastewater treatment plant to recycle human waste into energy sources (August 17, 2022), KCTV 5
- New treatment facility will reduce waste smell along Kansas City highways (December 28, 2021), KMBC 9 News
- Department of Natural Resources awards $100 million to Kansas City (May 11, 2021), Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
- KC Water says $100 million plan will help stench, environment near waste treatment plant (Feb. 20, 2019), KMBC News.
- KC Water to Seek Assistance from State to Help Finance Critical Infrastructure Improvement Project (Jan. 31, 2019), KC Water.
- KC Water Invited to Apply for Federal Loans for Crucial Infrastructure Upgrade (Nov. 8, 2018), KC Water.

KC Water hosts tour at future biosolids facility site for local and congressional leaders

On August 17, representatives from congressional offices, US Water Alliance Chief Executive Officer Mami Hara, Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Water Division Director Jeff Robichaud, and Mayor Quinton Lucas visited the biosolids facility site for a brief program followed by a short walking tour of the site to see the importance and need for federal infrastructure investments.

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, and how does it work? To answer these questions, let’s look back at how Kansas City wastewater has been processed for the past five decades.

Everything you ever wanted to know about BIM

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. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology takes the place of traditionally-drawn 2D plans and physical 3D building prototype models. Instead, it allows designers to create a digital, visual representation of a future construction project that includes multiple disciplines (e.g. structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and cost estimating).