The cottonwood bosque of the Pueblo of Santa Ana has experienced a steady die-off over the past decade. This calamity has produced wood waste in such excess that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) decided to launch a composting project to use the waste and generate revenue streams to fund ecosystem rehabilitation. The DNR asked our team to help identify prospective organic waste providers, consumers, and operating partners in a comprehensive composting plan for Santa Ana Pueblo. Our project produced not only this plan, but also a site location recommendation and a materials and financial management spreadsheet tool to predict equipment, labor, and transportation costs. These results support a flexible multi-phased approach to bringing the compost facility up to its full potential.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Beckwith, Daniel Jonathan
• Schab, Anna Isabelle
• Fowler, Sierra M

Subject

• Sustainability
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050216-213639

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Sustainable development--Economic aspects
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)

Advisor

• Spanagel, David I.
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2016

Center

• Santa Fe, New Mexico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Santa Ana Pueblo

Date created

• 2016-05-02

Location

• Santa Fe

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright