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TIME
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

REGISTRATION & CHECK IN
2:30 PM to 2:45 PM

Features of the EBMUD WWTP

EBMUD will be providing a tour of their Main Wastewater Treatment Plant in Oakland, CA to explain the plants complex processes.

Several key features of the plant:

• Extreme variance in dry-weather to wet-weather flow
• The plant treats an average of 63 million gallons of wastewater per day, with the capacity to handle up to 320 million gallons during wet weather!
• Resource Recovery
• Power generation that exceeds the plants requirements
• Recycled Water

The tour will be given by a member of the SYP Committee who works at the plant so they will be able to give a comprehensive explanation for how various aspects of the facility relate to students and young professionals.

The tour will begin at 3:00 PM and there will be a Happy Hour after the tour at 5 PM at Night Heron in Oakland, CA.

• Please arrive at 2:30 for check-in for the tour
• If you would only like to attend the happy hour, then please arrive at Night Heron around 5 PM

For the Happy Hour, CWEA will cover the first round of drinks and a platter of snacks!
Please complete the form on the sign-up link.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Since 1951, EBMUD has provided wastewater treatment services at the Main Wastewater Treatment Plant to protect public health and the San Francisco Bay. EBMUD’s 88-square-mile wastewater service area is home to 740,000 people who live in Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Kensington, Oakland, Piedmont, and parts of Richmond. EBMUD started secondary treatment in 1978, onsite power generation in 1985, the Resource Recovery (R2) program (i.e., co-digestion) in 2002, and the East Bayshore Recycled Water project in 2008.

This tour will provide an overview of EBMUD’s Main Wastewater Treatment Plant, including a walk-through of preliminary treatment, primary treatment, secondary treatment, wet weather storage, anaerobic digestion, high-strength waste receiving, and power generation. Some notable achievements at the MWWTP include 1) in 2012, EBMUD MWWTP became the first WWTP in North America to produce more renewable energy onsite than needed to run the facility, and 2) since 2020, EBMUD has utilized existing high purity oxygen activated sludge (HPOAS) for full-scale biological nutrient removal to maximize nitrogen removal during the dry season. Join the CWEA SFBS Students & Young Professionals in July to learn more about EBMUD’s wastewater treatment and resource recovery!

Happy Hour
After the tour, the group will get together at Night Heron in Oakland for drinks and great company!

Time
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Location
1780 Telegraph Ave Oakland, Ca 94612

TO REGISTER CONTACT
Erik G. Whatley
(530) 205-6626
whatleyeg@cdmsmith.com