Tres Rios Renewable Gas Center Celebrates One Year Anniversary and Contributions to Reaching Pima County Emissions Goals
The Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (RWRD) and Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest Gas) are marking the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Tres Rios Renewable Gas Center (Tres Rios) biogas cleaning facility
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (RWRD) and Southwest Gas Corporation (Southwest Gas) are marking the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Tres Rios Renewable Gas Center (Tres Rios) biogas cleaning facility.
Located at the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility (WRF), this innovative facility was the first of its kind in Arizona connected to the gas pipeline to deliver clean-burning renewable natural gas (RNG) made from biogas to homes and businesses throughout the Pima County community. This partnership advanced innovative solutions to reduce emissions and produce a cleaner-burning fuel.
In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, Tres Rios' impact is equivalent to removing 2,500 vehicles from the road or generating energy for 5,500 homes, thus both bringing significant benefits to the environment and complementing Pima County's ongoing efforts to preserve unique desert environments and reach carbon reduction emissions goals by 2030.
The Tres Rios facility was connected on Oct. 21, 2021 and has been sending 550-600 standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM), or 440 MMBtu/day, of renewable natural gas (RNG) into the Southwest Gas pipeline. Since the facility opened, Southwest Gas has purchased nearly 100,000 dekatherms of RNG from Pima County.
