The Wakarusa Water Reclamation Facility will generate sludge or biosolids as a byproduct of the treatment process. How will that material be disposed of?
The disposal/reuse options include conveying to the City’s existing wastewater treatment plant for processing or treating at the Wakarusa site. A final determination has not been made yet. The City currently generates a Class A biosolids product, which is used for public distribution for use in residential landscaping and gardens, and Class B biosolids products, which is used as a fertilizer substitute for agricultural crops. The current biosolids program utilized by the City beneficially reuses the biosolids over a relatively wide geographic area on privately owned agricultural land in Douglas and Leavenworth Counties. The current demand for the material exceeds our ability to supply the biosolids. As chemical fertilizers use fossil fuel as a raw material, the value of organic products, such as biosolids, will likely increase. The City may elect to maintain the buffer area as leased farm ground and apply a portion of the biosolids at agronomical rates to fertilize the planted crops su
The disposal/reuse options include conveying to the City’s existing wastewater treatment plant for processing or treating at the Wakarusa site. A final determination has not been made yet. The City currently generates a Class A biosolids product, which is used for public distribution for use in residential landscaping and gardens, and Class B biosolids products, which is used as a fertilizer substitute for agricultural crops. The current biosolids program utilized by the City beneficially reuses the biosolids over a relatively wide geographic area on privately owned agricultural land in Douglas and Leavenworth Counties. The current demand for the material exceeds our ability to supply the biosolids. As chemical fertilizers use fossil fuel as a raw material, the value of organic products, such as biosolids, will likely increase. The City may elect to maintain the buffer area as leased farm ground and apply a portion of the biosolids at agronomical rates to fertilize the planted crops su
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