Daybreak / Philadelphia Water Department, Southwest Water Pollution Control Plant
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Philadelphia Water Department, Southwest Water Pollution Control Plant
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department
strongphiladelphiaPHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Temperature
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PUBLISHED. Digester process thermophilic 57 to 60 degC then mesophilic 35 degC
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Owner
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department is not in the register, so there is nothing to link to. Recorded as absent and not created by the loader.
Place
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The record
What it isMunicipal wastewater treatment plant with the adjacent Biosolids Recycling Center and thermal drying facility
Heat evidenceAnaerobic digesters feeding thermal drying. Biosolids thermally dried into pellets since 2012; a pipeline lets digester gas supplement up to 50 percent of the energy required by the thermal drying trains. Aircraft deicer accepted since winter 2008 to boost biogas
TemperaturePUBLISHED. Digester process thermophilic 57 to 60 degC then mesophilic 35 degC
Fuelbiogas plus No. 2 fuel oil and natural gas for the dryers per air permit records
CapacityBiosolids recycling centre processes up to 65 000 dry tonnes a year. Thermal drying building 1 580 square metres with two Andritz drying trains
UtilityPECO
Electrical detailA new electrical substation was built as part of the biosolids recycling centre
LandLarge industrial plant with the biosolids campus, plain space, estimated from aerial imagery
Capital signalBiosolids master plan expected summer 2027 including digestion system upgrades and replacement of the digester heating system after a consent decree. Food waste co-digestion RFI issued
SignatoryPhiladelphia Water Commissioner. Decision body City of Philadelphia
CityPhiladelphia
CountyPhiladelphia
Sources
EPA, Philadelphia Air Management Services, epa.gov, 2017
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Grid Magazine, gridphilly.com, 2026-06-01
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ResearchGate, Philadelphia Water Department's Renewable Biofuels Facility, 2017
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WaterWorld, Facility to Transform Philadelphia's Sludge into Class A Biosolids, waterworld.com, undated
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