Projects must submit proof of an official partnership with the partner wastewater treatment facility.
Projects must justify the wastewater treatment plant's (WWTP) applicability under the current protocol.
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Projects must describe how they will ensure compliance with existing WWTP permits.
Projects must describe how effluent concentrations of key nutrients will not be increased beyond the standard range for the wastewater treatment plant.
Projects must describe and outline an adaptive management plan including information sharing, emergency response, and conditions for stopping or pausing alkaline feedstock dosing.
Projects must provide an estimate for the upper limit for CO2e_Stored.
Projects must demonstrate there is no feedstock accumulation in the system, either through sludge sampling devices or during routine cleaning and maintenance of the bioreactors.
Projects must explain how a validation check will be conducted to ensure agreement between the results of Option 1 and Option 2, as well as justify the frequency of this check.
Projects must describe how the counterfactual CDR is quantified.
If applicable, projects must describe how counterfactual weathering of feedstock is accounted for.
Projects must develop a conceptual model of dispersion of discharge, and produce a mixing zone model, which will likely already be a part of the existing WWTP discharge permit.
Projects must provide information on how dosing rate is calculated, including any partner data that was used in those calculations.
Projects must provide the information on the WWTP business as usual operations.
Projects must designate the control volume boundaries for the project, including the control volume in L.
Projects must provide a site description of the discharge location, including the dominant circulation and modes of variability, as well as the frequency of various environmental conditions.
Projects must have sufficient plans for restoring water quality conditions prior to discharge in the event that negative environmental impacts result from project activities.
Projects must provide a summary of the full monitoring plan.
Projects must describe how WWTP energy consumption above BAU is calculated.
Projects must outline any additional details that deviate from what is described in the Project Design.
Projects must describe the quantification approach for Option 1 (solid phase) and specify if this will be used as the primary quantification method.
Projects must describe the quantification approach for Option 2 (aqueous phase) and specify if this will be used as the primary quantification method.
Projects with coastal discharge to the ocean must describe their approach to quantifying losses.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to re-equilibration of DIC in the near field.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to carbonate precipitation in the near field.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to natural alkalinity flux reduction in the near field.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to biotic calcification in the near field.
Projects with river discharge must describe their approach to quantifying losses.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to re-equilibration of DIC in the near field.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to carbonate precipitation in the near field.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to natural alkalinity flux reduction in the near field.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to outgassing during river transport.
Projects must describe the approach to quantifying losses due to outgassing upon entering the ocean.
Projects must describe a tailored biological and ecological monitoring plan if determined as necessary from the Environmental risk assessment and mitigation strategy.