Logan, QLD achieves Australian-first conversion of human waste into biogas during pilot program

Logan, QLD Human Waste Biogas Conversion Pilot

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The council's Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant tested a new process for turning sewage into biogas. This process bakes sludge into biogas that is used to turn biowaste into a product called biochar. Test rounds of biochar were delivered to farms in the Darling Downs region for soil conditioning. Broad adoption of this waste-to-energy would reduce council operating costs by $500,000 AUD per year and annual emissions by 4,800 tons.

Wastewater Wastewater Treatment Resiliency Pilot / POC Best of 2020

Logan, QLD

City in Queensland

Australia

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