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Sustainable Water Management

Sustainable Water Management. David St. Pierre Executive Director, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District david.stpierre@mwrd.org. Sustainable Water Management. Water Situation in Chicago Sustainable Management Issues MWRD’s Sustainable Management Approach. Chicago Water Environment.

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Sustainable Water Management

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  1. Sustainable Water Management David St. Pierre Executive Director, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District david.stpierre@mwrd.org

  2. Sustainable Water Management • Water Situation in Chicago • Sustainable Management Issues • MWRD’s Sustainable Management Approach

  3. Chicago Water Environment • Lake Michigan – 3000 cfs Allocation • Cost of Water - $2.50 / 1000 gallons • Lake Michigan Water Level • Chicago Area Waterway – Discretionary Diversion

  4. Chicago Water Environment • Invasive Species • Nutrient Runoff Issues Affecting Ground Water • Water Quality and System Management

  5. MWRD Sustainable Approach

  6. Sustainable Landscape • Dramatically Reducing Landfilling of Wastes • 30% of 1,000,000 tons are organic • 30% Syngas Fuel • 20% Recycle Product

  7. Sustainable Energy • Creating Electricity from Sewage Solids and Organic Waste Materials • MWRD Footprint 13 MW • Minor Modifications 22 MW • Waste to Energy Potential 80 MW

  8. Sustainable Fleet • CTA, City of Chicago, Parks, MWRD • Compressed Natural Gas

  9. Sustainable Reduction • Deammonification / Denitritation • 40% Energy Reduction – WERF 60% - 80%

  10. Sustainable Recovery • Closing the Phosphorus Cycle • Non-renewable resource • High Quality Environmentally Friendly Phosphorus • 10,000 Tons Annual Yield Potential

  11. Sustainable Soils • Class A Biosolids: 140,000 tons/year • City of Chicago Yard Waste Blend • Reduction in maintenance costs – better results

  12. Sustainable Support • Brownfield Mitigation / CO2 Recovery • Millennium Reserve • Green Infrastructure

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