Sioux City, IA is generating revenue from biogas captured in wastewater treatment plant

Sioux City, IA biogas revenue wastewater treatment plant

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The Sioux City Wastewater Treatment Plant is capturing biogas resulting from anaerobic digestion, purifying it in a multi-step process, and injecting it into a natural gas pipeline. The Sioux City Council approved a transaction confirmation agreement with The Energy Authority, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida to sell the biogas and help offset future sewer rate hikes.

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Sioux City, IA

Municipality in Iowa

United States

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Sioux City eyes biogas revenue to help offset future sewer rate hikes, resolve legal issues related to plant | Local news | siouxcityjournal.com

SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City's wastewater treatment plant is generating biogas to be sold in the cellulosic biofuels market and, in the process, capturing pollutants that used to be released

Sioux City launches bio-gas sale program | KMEG

Sioux City is moving forward with plans to sell more renewable energy. The city entering an agreement with a Jacksonville, Florida company to sellnatural gascreated at the wastewater treatment plant. It's a project the city has been working on for more than a yearand will start in September. The city's looking forward to the revenue and how profitable it'll be for the cityand say there's norisk of it turning into a Big Ox like situation.

Sioux City, IA is generating revenue from biogas captured in wastewater treatment plant

Sioux City, IA biogas revenue wastewater treatment plant

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