Synagro Receives Technology Award.Business/Energy Editors & Environmental Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 Synagro Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SYGR), one of the country's leading independent providers of residuals management services, announced today that it is the recipient of a 2001 Technology Merit Award presented by the Environmental Business Journal. The company has received recognition for the anaerobic anaerobic /an·aer·o·bic/ (an?ah-ro´bik) 1. lacking molecular oxygen. 2. growing, living, or occurring in the absence of molecular oxygen; pertaining to an anaerobe. digester di·gest·er n. 1. One that makes a digest. 2. Chemistry A vessel in which substances are softened or decomposed, usually for further processing. Noun 1. pilot facility it developed with AnAerobics Wastewater Treatment Company. Located in Chino Valley, Calif., the project is the result of a private/public partnership with Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA IEUA Inland Empire Utilities Agency (electricity) IEUA Independent Education Union of Australia ), a wastewater treatment and wholesale water utility, the Milk Producers Council, Synagro and AnAerobics. Within a 50 square mile radius, the area has the highest concentration of dairies in the world. Providing a solution to the dairy waste management problem, the anaerobic digestion facility processes the daily manure generated by approximately 3,750 dairy cows. IEUA will use a portion of the biogas bi·o·gas n. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel. biogas Noun gaseous fuel produced by the fermentation of organic waste (methane) produced from the digester as supplementary fuel to run two generators powering the Chino Basin Desalter Facility with the remaining methane being used to run microturbines, generating electricity on site. The United States Department of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), n.pr established in 1862, USDA is responsible for the safety of meat, poultry, and egg products. It conducts ongoing research in areas from human nutrition to new crop technologies and also helps ensure open Natural Resources Conservation Service and the California Energy Commission The California Energy Commission is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency. Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through jointly funded the project. This is one of the largest commercial systems in the United States to convert dairy manure into renewable energy. |
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