Press Room

Wastewater to Fuel Project Facts

 

• Channelized Aquatic Scrubbers inititiated operations at the Laguna Treatment Plant, July 2007
• Expeimental digesters come on-line,  December 2009
• Electric generator powered by digester biogas begins charging electric vehicles, May 2010

 

 

Project In The News

 

• Algae: Plants on a power trip (Science & the CSU, February 2012)
  

• It's FAB: Cleaning water and producing energy (Northbay Times, June 2010)
  

• Environmental programs bring recognition to Santa Rosa, Sonoma County (Press Democrat, 12/4/2009)

• Algae: America's next super fuel? (North Bay Biz Magazine, 2/2009) photos
• Algae action: Prof teams up with Santa Rosa to scrub our water clean with . . . green (North Bay Bohemian, 9/2007)

• North bay researchers hope to turn algae into fuel (CBS5 News, San Francisco, 9/4/2007) 

• SR wastewater may become biofuel (Press Democrat, 9/3/2007) 
• Experimental algal wastewater effluent scrubbers begin operation (press release, 8/14/2007)