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Anacortes gets first formal look at options to replace biosolids incinerator; consultant estimates $4.6M runway before stricter air rules apply
Summary
Brown and Caldwell presented six end-to-end alternatives for handling biosolids at Anacortes's wastewater plant, identified required decision criteria and public engagement steps, and gave planning-level cost ranges including an $8.4 million Quad" upgrade estimate and an estimated $4.6 million of remaining "runway" on the existing incinerator before triggering a stricter regulatory threshold.
Brown and Caldwell consultant Greg Makos delivered a detailed briefing to the Anacortes City Council on March 23 on alternatives to the city's long-running biosolids incinerator, laying out a planning process, screening criteria and wide planning-level cost ranges that council members said they will track closely.
The presentation, introduced by wastewater plant manager Brian Walker, described a multi-step evaluation that will produce up to six "end-to-end" alternatives (from solids pickup through final disposition), run each alternative through a solids, water and energy evaluation tool, and then use a multi-criteria decision analysis workshop to weigh environmental, social, technical, regulatory and financial factors.
"We estimate that you have about another $4,600,000 that you can spend on the incinerator…
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