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.

Blue River Biosolids Facility 2022 Year in Review

It has been a productive year at KC Water’s Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Crews have been hard at work at the Blue River Biosolids Facility to keep this massive plant upgrade on time and on budget. Take a look at the progress made throughout 2022.

The THP has landed

Election Week 2022 was exciting for Kansas City! During this time, a milestone was reached with the arrival of the Thermal Hydrolysis Process (THP) equipment from Cambi. Whether you were focused on what was on the ballot or the pallet, the week was one to remember.

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.