ENERGY
Solar array at Unitywater ’ s Northern Service Centre the Kawana sewage treatment plant : scheduled to open by late 2019 . The plant will take the biosolids from other STPs and will also be able to use the fats , oils and greases generated by trade waste customers . “ One of the goals we have as an organisation is to minimise our environmental footprint ,” says George Theo . “ The new plant will reduce our reliance on coal-fired plants . If we can find enough smart ways to generate energy we aim to become selfsufficient in 10 to 15 years . Over the next three years though we will reduce our electricity consumption by 30 percent at this plant . In the future we may also produce enough bio-gas to potentially run a fleet of buses and vehicles . Imagine taking the number 2 bus powered by bio-gas from a local sewage treatment plant , now that would be something !”
Another STP , at Maleny , won the award for Best Specific Environmental Initiative at the UN World Environment Day Awards , presented in Melbourne
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