As I have written before, we have built the first CAMBI thermal hydrolysis and digester system in North America which also happens to be the largest in the world. The benefits and costs of this project are both enormous: at a sticker price of $470 million dollars, the new system will generate 10 net megawatts
As promised, I am writing a final innovation post about various examples of innovation underway or already in place at DC Water. It’s often thought that water utilities are risk adverse and lacking in innovation. DC Water is challenging this notion and is a prime example of how the water utility sector is moving faster
DC Clean Rivers Project Our challenge is clear. We have a $3.8 billion ten-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) supported by our retail and wholesale ratepayer base in the Washington, DC region. We are at the peak of spending for our CIP now, driving significant yearly rate increases that are well above inflation. The largest component of the
I promised a third post to provide examples of innovations we have been able to discover and implement at DC Water. In considering this goal, I have decided to divide this part into three sections – there’s just too much great progress to cram in one post!One part I have already published here: Innovation in Action. This first example highlighted
Last week I kicked off a trilogy of posts with a discussion of why innovation is both so difficult and yet so necessary (Innovation in Three Easy Steps – Part I). Today, I’d like to share some thoughts – based on my own practical experience here at DC Water – on how to make it
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