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Presented by: James E. Johnson, Technical Services OfficerResource Recovery & Reuse Department
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Denver, Colorado
March 2013
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
� Who is the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
� What our Biosolids Management Program Entails
� Snapshots of a Successful Biosolids Management Program
� Opportunity for Questions & Answers
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Who is Metro Wastewater?Regional Wastewater Treatment Agency
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Special District• Formed under Colorado Law
in 1961• Wholesale Wastewater
Treatment55 local governments• 1.5 million people• Area Served – 380 square
miles• 250+ miles of interceptor
sewers• Treat 160 million gallons per
day• Produced 27,026 dry tons of
biosolids in 2012
Wastewater Treatment Process
Liquid Stream
� Preliminary Treatment� Screening
� Grit Removal
� Primary Treatment� Primary Clarifiers
� Secondary Treatment� Aeration Basins
� Secondary Clarifiers
� Disinfection
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Wastewater Treatment Process
Solids Stream
� Primary Clarifiers
� Secondary Clarifiers
� Dissolved Air Flotation Thickening
� Blending Tanks
� Acid Anaerobic Digestion
� Mesophillic Anaerobic Digestion
� Centrifuge Dewatering
� Dewatered Biosolids Storage
� Class B
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Wastewater Treatment Process
Solid Stream
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Primary Sludge
Anaerobic Digestion
DewateringCentrifuges
Dewatered Biosolids Storage(Cake Tower)
Cogeneration
Dissolved Air Flotation
Blending Tank
Secondary Biological Sludge (WAS)
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Solid Stream - Cogeneration
The District saved $0.05 per kWh by using Trigen co-generation power in place of Xcel electrical power. During 2012, the District saved approximately $1,580,000.
Biosolids Management Program
- Attitude -� Biosolids are a beneficial
product worth money!
� Emphasize the positives of beneficial use
� We in the biosolids industry are Environmentalists
� “Don’t just do it, do it right”
� Work cooperatively to develop a strong regional biosolids program� Other generators (Littleton-Englewood)
� Regulators (EPA, State of Colorado)
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Biosolids Management Program
� Biosolids Production
� 74 dry tons/day in 2012
� Utilize In-House Resources• Biosolids transport &
application
� Vehicle & equipment maintenance
� 16 Tractors and 23 trailers� 14 live bottom
� 4 end dump
� 3 belly dump
� 2 tankers
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Transport� 20.8 average truckloads per day in 2012
� 6 days/week
� Average 140 miles round-trip truckload
� Average load 363 wet tons/73.8 dry tons
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Biosolids Management Program
- Attitude –
� When you charge money for biosolids, it puts a new meaning to “customer service”!
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� Embrace the Biosolids EMS philosophy
� Program sustainability
� Best management practices
� Continual improvement
� Perform above & beyond minimal requirements
From Free to Pay
� Land application started in early 1980’s
� Originally a liquid application program until about 1986, then switched to cake� Gave biosolids to farmers
� 1998 - Began charging farmers a minimal fee� Some resistance, but not bad. Still a good deal.
� As of December 31, 1998: � revenue received was $4,178.00
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Status as of 2004
� 35% of annual biosolids production was applied to private land � 12 different private farmers
� Located in 4 different counties in eastern Colorado
� Dry land and irrigated sites
� Charge was $3/acre for biosolids
� Total 2004 cake sales - $12,445.95
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We Deliver
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We apply
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We incorporate
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We Invoice
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6450 York Street INVOICEINVOICEINVOICEINVOICE
Denver, CO 80229-7499(303) 286-3000 Main Phone(303) 286-3028 Fax
Send To: Invoice No.:Bill A. Farmer Invoice Date:1 Headlight Road PO Number: -----Old Ford, Colorado Terms: Net 30
District Contact: All Bets Roff
METROGRO Cake 20% Grade 1.4-1.1-0.04Guaranteed Analysis:Total Nitrogen (N) ……………………1.4%Available Phosphate (P2O5)………..1.1%Soluble Potash (K2O)…0………….0.04%Derived from biosolids generated at the RWHTF
Quantity Description Unit Price Amount
Acres
65.59 SW ¼ SEC 23 T1S R02W DC 7, App Set No. 10, 240.86 dT applied $12.00 $787.08
Miles
4950 Fuel Surcharge is 2% of $3.3358 x miles $0.0667 $330.17
Subtotal: $1,117.25Tax: $0.00
Total Due: $1,117.25
We save money on fuel
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2008 Pricing� 2008 price increase
� Under 75lb/acre PAN - $8/acre
� Over 75lb/acre PAN - $12/acre
� Also added a fuel supplement
� Calculation charge = fuel ($/gallon) x (2%) x (miles rt)
� Total 2008 cake sales - $40,148.94
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Current Status
� Currently have 201 approved private sites.
� 57 private landowners participating.
� Total active private acres approved:
� 18,194.91 irrigated acres
� 39,274.69 dryland acres
� 57,469.60 total private acres
� Waiting list of farmers – currently 14
� Five counties.
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Current Sales� 2012 Class B cake sales -
$69,349.16 � 2012 Fuel Surcharge -
$33,719.46 � Total 2012 revenue -
$103,068.62
� 2013 sales as of February 5th –� Class B cake sales - $19,431.56 � Fuel Surcharge - $6,950.33 � Total 2013 invoiced -
$26,381.89
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34.40%
6.50%
59.10%
METROGRO 2012
Biosolids Distribution
METROGRO Farm
Private Composter
Private Farms
Future Pricing?� May go to a $/lb PAN structure
� Avoids unfairness in billing
� Farmers pay for the nitrogen they receive
� Current 2013 price for anhydrous ammonia is $ 0.49/lbPAN
� New products –� Liquid N fertilizer?
� Granular phosphate fertilizer? Already pilot tested a process.
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METROGRO Farm
� Purchased between 1993 and 2000
� 52,000 acres (81 square miles)of agricultural property east of Deer Trail, CO
� Farm never was intended to be a profit center (good thing!)
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METROGRO Farm
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Satellite View
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Ground View
� Installed perpendicular to prevailing (winter) wind direction in 1998
� Used on steep or long slopes
� Reduces soil erosion by reducing wind speed and distance traveled across soil surface
� Alternate fields of growing crop and fallow
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METROGRO Farm
� Farmed by Tenant farmer who is responsible for all farming & grazing operations through lease agreement
� Approximately 26,000 to 28,000 acres are farmable
� In any given year, approximately one half of the farmable acreage is planted in various crops� No irrigation – dryland only
� No-till crop/fallow rotation allows for soil moisture to accumulate
� Chemical weed control to eliminate transpiration in fallow ground
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METROGRO Farm
Support Facilities – Grain Bins
� Five grain bins
� Constructed in 1999
� Combined storage capacity of 174,000 bu
� Truck scale
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METROGRO Farm Support Facilities• Maintenance Shop
• Vehicle and Equipment Storage
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METROGRO Farm Support Facilities� Diesel fueling station – both storage and dispensing
� Chemical mixing station
� Air strip
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$100,000
$200,000
$300,000
$400,000
$500,000
$600,000
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METROGRO Farm - Wheat Revenue
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$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
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METROGRO Farm- Forage Revenue
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$0.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
$80,000.00
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METROGRO Farm - Corn Revenue
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$0.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$40,000.00
$50,000.00
$60,000.00
$70,000.00
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METROGRO Farm- Millet Revenue
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$0.00
$100,000.00
$200,000.00
$300,000.00
$400,000.00
$500,000.00
$600,000.00
$700,000.00
$800,000.00
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METROGRO Farm - Total Revenue To District
Big Game Outfitter
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Hunting of pronghorn antelope, deer, and elk on the METROGRO Farm.
Revenue to District from the outfitter is $12,000 per year for 2010 – 2012.
The Future?� 2012 total revenue is not compiled yet.
� Current lease agreement with tenant farmer expires in 2015.
� What then?
� Re-negotiate lease?
� Go out for bids?
� District may consider taking over farming operations. Current terms of lease are not favorable to the District. Planting, chemical application and harvesting can all be done via contract operations.
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