Canada-headed organic waste treatment plant operators and technology providers Anaergia Inc., has announced that the anaerobic digestion (AD) system at the “Terni 1” wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Italy, has successfully been upgraded with Anaergia's proprietary "Omnivore" system.
The upgrade was commissioned by ACEA – Technologies for Water Services S.p.A. (ACEA – TWS) for the plant belonging to Servizio Idrico Integrato. Servizio Idrico Integrato (S.I.I.) is the public water services utility for the Province of Terni, Italy and was established to manage the integrated water and wastewater facilities for the benefit of Province of Terni’s residents.
Servizio Idrico Integrato is very pleased that as a result of this upgrade, the anaerobic digestion system at our Terni 1 plant is operating more efficiently and it also has the capacity to treat much higher volumes, said Giuliano Marziali, Engineer at Servizio Idrico Integrato’s Terni facility.
According to Anaergia, its “Omnivore” system is a next-generation solution that costs less to build and costs less to operate, while being much more rugged and flexible to operate than conventional wastewater digester systems.
Retrofitting an existing digester with the Omnivore system tripled the existing digester’s capacity and widened the range of organic waste streams that the digester can convert into biogas.
We are very proud that as a result of this upgrade, the Terni 1 wastewater treatment plant’s anaerobic digestion process is generating a reduced volume of disposal cake, and is also producing biogas that can be used as renewable energy, said Andrew Benedek, CEO of Anaergia.
ACEA – TWS is part of ACEA Group, a publicly traded company that manages and develops water and electricity networks and environmental services in Italy. It designs, builds and manages plants for the purification and purification of water in civil and industrial segments.
ACEA is pleased to satisfy the needs of an important municipal client by deploying the best available system, utilizing Anaergia’s innovative design, to optimize operations at Servizio Idrico Integrato’s facility, said Riccardo Gasparini, Project Manager at ACEA – Technologies for Water Services.
