FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Lorenzo Tyner, Assistant General Manager and Kathy Millea, Director of Engineering
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INTERIM FOOD WASTE RECEIVING FACILITY, PROJECT NO. P2-124, AND PRICING POLICY DISCUSSION
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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BACKGROUND
California State Assembly Bill 1826 and Senate Bill 1383 require cities to divert organics such as food waste away from landfills in effort to reduce short-lived climate pollution such as methane. This regulatory shift has created an opportunity in the wastewater sector to provide a cost-neutral and environmentally friendly service to help manage organics such as food waste by way of anaerobic co-digestion. Specifically, preprocessed food waste would be mixed with sludge in anaerobic digesters to produce methane gas and energy. The Orange County Sanitation District understands the importance of and opportunity presented by these mandates and elected to design an Interim Food Waste Receiving Facility, Project No. P2-124, and initiate pricing policy discussions through the Strategic Plan 2019 process.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
* Maintain and adhere to appropriate internal planning documents (Biosolids Master Plan)
* Use all practical and effective means for resource recovery
PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
July 2019 - Informational item and presentation to the Operations and Administration Committees regarding the project.
September 2018 - Approved a Professional Design Services Agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants to provide engineering design services for Interim Food Waste Receiving Facility, Project No. P2-124, for an amount not to exceed $695,000, and approved a contingency of $69,500 (10%).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In 2018, the Biosolids Master Plan ("Master Plan") evaluated the feasibility of receiving pre-processed food waste for anaerobic digestion to produce additional methane gas. It concluded the co...
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