$271M wastewater bioenergy facility completed in Maryland

In Maryland, the design-build team of PC Construction, Stantec, and Hazen and Sawyer are excited to announce the completion of construction for WSSC Water’s $271 million Piscataway Bioenergy Facility in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where biosolids will be turned into green energy. The facility is projected to generate approximately $4 million per year in revenue, save WSSC Water customers approximately $3.4 million per year in operating costs, and further reduce WSSC Water’s greenhouse gas emissions.  

This is the largest and most technically advanced project WSSC Water has constructed in its 106-year history and is one of only 7 facilities in the country to incorporate an advanced thermal hydrolysis process (THP) to efficiently transform biosolids. Once fully operational in early 2025, all biosolids from WSSC Water’s 6 water resource recovery facilities will be delivered to the new facility for processing, transforming how Maryland’s largest water utility handles biosolids.