The carbon impact of biogas from sewage treatment: PRESENTATION ONLY
Barber, B., Cambi, Inc., USA
(Free)
The wastewater sector is a major source of CH4 emission, contributing to 5–8% of global anthropogenic CH4 emissions, just following
livestock (32%), oil and gas (25%), landfills (13%), and coal mining (11%)*.
Most technology on a sewage works is over 150years old
“Planning permission, means that relocation of existing wastewater and waste disposal sites will remain very difficult and often uneconomic. Therefore, best use must be made of existing sites and their infrastructure.”
The Environment Agency, Evidence. A low carbon water industry in 2050, (2009)