Apr 18, 2023
What does it all mean? Anaerobic means “without oxygen”. Micro aeration is adding a small amount of oxygen, or air, to the anaerobic process. Anaerobic organisms do not require oxygen to live. In fact, they cannot live in the presence of a lot of air. Did you know...
Jan 12, 2023
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. KC...
Dec 5, 2022
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....
Sep 1, 2022
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...
Aug 12, 2022
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,...
Jun 2, 2022
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....
