Gaithersburg’s Biodiesel Program Back Up and Running
Submitted by joanne on June 27, 2011 – 12:08 pmNo Comment
(The Washington Post) …Gaithersburg refilled its biodiesel fuel tank at the Public Works Department pumping station in May after stopping the biofuel program in November 2008 when a bacterial buildup in the fuel tank began clogging the filters on the city’s trucks, haulers and street sweepers.
…By using a biofuel made only from petrodiesel and soybeans, instituting annual $900 tank cleanings and adding a biocide — a chemical that will kill the bacterial buildup caused by the fuel — to the tanks, the city hopes to avoid any further problems with the fuel, said Mark Scafide, the city’s biodiesel project manager. READ MORE
