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Dallas Zoo to transform dung into energy Dallas Morning News, Friday, November 2, 2007 "The Dallas Zoo could someday be powered in part by Jenny and Keke's elephant poop. Their dung – which totals more than 300 pounds a day – will be used to help create heating, water and electric power at the zoo through a new biogas facility, officials said. Waste – including animal droppings and trash – could help power several buildings at the zoo and provide irrigation to the landscaping. The waste would go into a biogas generator, which heats it to very high temperatures to create gas to help power the zoo. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded $10,000 to the Dallas Zoo's waste-to-energy project. The entire project could cost $750,000 to $1 million. But considering how much the zoo will save by not hauling six tons of daily waste to a landfill and by using in-house power, the project could pay for itself within 10 years." http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-zoowaste_02met.ART.West.Edition1.4344a26.html -- ********************************************************************** Dr. Ann C. Wilkie Tel: (352)392-8699 Soil and Water Science Department Fax: (352)392-7008 University of Florida-IFAS P.O. Box 110960 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Gainesville, FL 32611-0960 ______________________________________________________________________ Campus location: Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (Bldg. 246). http://campusmap.ufl.edu/ ______________________________________________________________________ BioEnergy and Sustainable Technology Society http://grove.ufl.edu/~bests/ **********************************************************************