Turning Tunisia’s wastewater green
- From: Vol 11, Issue 10 (October 2010)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Tunisia
- Related Companies: Office National de l’Assainissement (ONAS)
Fitting WWTPs with biogas co-generation facilities should enable ONAS to reduce its energy budget. Carbon credits will be the next step.
Tunisian wastewater utility ONAS is developing a clean energy programme that could generate 40% of its plants’ electricity needs from sludge biogas, and reduce their energy consumption by 25%.
ONAS plans to install fine bubble aeration systems and biogas co-generation facilities at all future wastewater treatment plants with capacities in excess of 100,000 p.e., including the 28,000m3 ...
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