BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:615e403c8eda3ec4eac4771993f2252b46 CATEGORIES:Webinar SUMMARY:MABA January Webinar DESCRIPTION:
MABA January Webinar: Biosolids and COP26: Responding to Climate Change
Global gover nments have come together to chart a path to reducing reliance on fossil fu els and to reduce emissions of climate-changing gases. Water resource recov ery facilities are the single largest investment municipalities across the US have made in environmental infrastructure, so it stands to reason the pu blic ought to expect that every facility will be managed today and in the f uture in consonance with the urgent global commitment. No longer should eff luent criteria be the singular objective, but instead an optimized manageme nt plan that is a “race to zero” net energy usage and that is a “decarboniz ation” of the economy. This webinar explores the connection between choice s of biosolids programs and the COP26 commitments.
COST:
Member: $20
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span>Nonmember: $35
Moderator: Nicho las Bonkoski, Suez
Prese
ntation 1: Soil Sequestration of Biosolids Carbon – What Have We Learned?
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Mike Badzmierowski, Oregon Department of AgricultureA debate is underway in soil science of the extent to which soil can be
counted upon to be a sink for carbon as the world’s climate and peoples re
spond to the enormous releases of greenhouse gases. Organic matter is broad
ly understood to be a food source for microbial actions that release nutrie
nts for crop growth, but that role does not neatly align with goals for seq
uestration carbon. Mike will be reporting on a meta-analysis, funded by the
Virginia Biosolids Council, and part of his doctoral dissertation, that ex
amines the science of the carbon cycle in soils amended with organic residu
als.
Presentation 2: Biosolids
Emissions Assessment Model: The BEAM 2.0 Update
Bill
Brower, Brown and Caldwell
The BEAM model calculator was created as a
decision tool for displaying the comparative “carbon footprint” effects of
choices in biosolids treatment technologies and utilization programs. This
model is being updated to bring it closer to the kinds of protocols for est
imation of carbon emission reductions that would allow biosolids use to be
certified for carbon offsets in a globally-recognized structure for guiding
investments in climate-positive development. NEBRA has taken on the challe
nge of delivering BEAM 2.0 that brings the best of current science of the c
hemistry biosolids carbon so that public agencies and their consultants can
be confident in their decision results.
Presentation 3: Survey of Nature-Based Carbon Actions in the MABA
Region
Bill Toffey, Effluential Synergies
Biosol
ids can be a tool for communities to take local action to “decarbonize” thr
ough incorporating biosolids into degraded lands, anaerobically digesting f
ood waste, and replacing fossil fertilizers with the recycled nutrients of
biosolids. How do the seven states in the MABA region accommodate these kin
ds of projects in plans to respond to the goals of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotla
nd?