Case Study
Regional Waste Resource Recovery Program
Regional Waste Resource Recovery Program Client: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Donohue & Associates was retained to evaluate the feasibility of developing a regional waste resource recovery program for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. The District desires to make use of the excess capacity at its facilities by expanding its role as a regional resource to businesses, industries, and other waste generators. This project focused on efforts related to the District accepting high strength waste for co-digestion at the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility (SSWRF). Donohue’s work included the following tasks: Quantify the "spare" (excess) capacity of the SSWRF systems including the anaerobic digestion process for receiving and processing tr