Honorable Award / Engineering Excellence:

Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
World-Class Biosolids Incineration System
Ypsilanti, Michigan; Tetra Tech, Inc.

The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority needed to replace its aging incinerator. A world-class incinerator was installed with a four-step emissions control system that includes a carbon adsorber (the first municipal biosolids installation in the U.S.). The system surpasses Michigan's stringent air toxics rule and raised the bar for best available control technologies nationwide.