Turning Waste Into Energy - Biodigestors, absent in Pittsburgh, gain popularity elsewher
John Stolz believes Pittsburgh is flushing a critical source of renewable energy down the toilet. Literally.
He proposes the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County join the growing ranks of urban areas upgrading their wastewater treatment plants to renewable power plants that use the process of biodigestion to create energy.
Stolz, who is the director of the Center for Environmental Research and Education at Duquesne University, submitted the idea to the 2019 Pittsburgh Tomorrow Contest, sponsored by Pittsburgh Quarterly and Pittsburgh Today. As a top finalist, he was invited to pitch his proposal to Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald.
By Pittsburg Quarterly