BASIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT COSTS

PLANT I: Average 500,000 gpd

Operation / year $672,000.00

/ day 1,841.00
/ gallon $ 0.003682

Capital* / year $350,000.00

/ day 959.00
/ gallon $ 0.001918

Total $ 0.0056 / gallon

PLANT II: Average 600,000 gpd

Operation / year $600,000.00

/ day 1,644.00
/ gallon $ 0.002740

Capital* / year $350,000.00

/ day 959.00
/ gallon $ 0.001598

Total $ 0.004338 / gallon

*$6,000,000.00 @ 40 year amortization

SEPTAGE VALUES TO WASTEWATER:
Solids BOD COD TSS
Septage Average 1.5% 3800 20,000 15,000
Wastewater 0.02 % 200 450 250
Wastewater/Septage x75 x19 x44 x60

Average multiplier: 75+19+44+60 = 49.5

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**If septage is 50 times stronger than wastewater, then 20,000 gal of septage is
equal to (20,000 X 50) 1,000,000 gal of wastewater.
BIG FISH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
@ 1,000,000 gpd (20,000 gal septage)

Operation / year $132,644.00

/ day 363.00
/ gallon $ 0.000363

Processing / gallon $ 0.0002687

Capital / year $204,540.00

(2,500,000.00 @ 20 year
amortization)

/ day 560.00
/ gallon $ 0.0005603

Total @ 20,000 gpd (1,000,000 gal.) $ 0.001192 / gallon

WASTEWATER PROCESSING COSTS

AVERAGE COSTS OF PLANTS I & II $ 0.004969/

gallon

BIG FISH @ 100% CAPACITY(365,000,000 gal.) 0.001192/

gallon

BIG FISH @ 55% CAPACITY (200,750,000 gal.) 0.002167/

gallon

(or 100% capacity of septage @ 20,000 gpd 0.0596/ gallon)

(or 55% capacity of septage @ 11,000 gpd 0.1084/ gallon)

**Cost of treating septage at WWTP $0.004969/gal. x 50 = $0.248 / gal.

BIOSOLIDS:

Wastewater Treatment Plants I & II:

550,000 gallons/ day @ 0.02% solids

or 200,750,000 gallons /year

EQUALS 670,000 gallons @ 6% solids

Big Fish

20,000 gallons / day @ 1.5% solids

or 7,300,000 x 1.5% x 8.3453 lbs/gal.
2000 lbs/ton

457 dry ton

or 1015 ton @ 45% solids
TRANSPORTATION COSTS:
(100 miles round trip or 3 hours)

Trucking 6% biosolids sludge 670,000 gallons

With 6,000 gal truck capacity = 112 trips
112 trips X 3 hours X $150.00/hour = $50,400.00 plus injection

Trucking 45% biosolids (1056 lbs/cy yd) = 1922 cy yds

1922 cy yds 50 cy yds/load = 39 trips
39 trips x 3 hours x 128.00/hour = $14,976.00 plus spreading
ANNUAL UTILITY COSTS:
1 million gallons per day WWTP facility or 20,000 gpd/septage

Municipal Big Fish

Electrical $87,000.00 $27,500.00
Gas $24,000.00 $18,606.00
6% solids 45% Exceptional Quality Biosolids