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Cavalcsnte said. treatment plant alone. producing ‘ _ . NW N g , i 'Tlieywerebuiltalongtimeago 13,000 tonnes of biosolid material ”m "‘ ' . y ,_ *‘ ' 1‘ T" I q , , and the space is now contained by â€" or about a third of the region's tw _ ' "" -' .,- t; , V .. 3) V roads or other development,” he total. . .. . , W‘ ‘ . . , , ‘ .)_ p said. “There's not a lot ofroom for To put those numbers in conâ€" 1 ‘_ “ --T ~_ ' “ .V __ w ,. ;»J;i}w expansion." text. the City of Waterloo produces ,;-:f} it, . x :; ,1 ‘ ‘ ' " 3 ._ 6:2,”? Heat-drying facilities have been enough wastewater every day to fill ~ ‘ ”a - " _ k. ;. _. ' ‘ ._ prone to tires and explosions in the about 17 Olympic-sized swimming ,3" - -' ‘ ‘ it hrs”: past and Yajima said the region is pools â€" or roughly 42,000 cubic ' ' 1:, L 7 ‘_ if)" , taldngeveryprecaution toensure it metres ' ' "5"-"*~"“ buildsthesafestfndlityitcan. Even with new conservation The Region of Waterloo is spending about $120 million to upgrade the Waterbo wastewater treating“ plant in 2011, a minor explosion at 3 methods such as low-flow toilets, and is investigating options to deal with the biosolids generated. mama-morn plant in Asbbridges Bay in Toronto as the population continues to caused extensive damage and in grow those numbers will only in lagoons at the New Hamburg duce. Oncethepelletsareproduced, they 2003 the same facility was gutted increase. The City of Waterloo has and Ayr treatment plants “I don't think they an afford to can either be blended with fertiliz- during a five-alarm fire. Similar seen a 7.9 per cent increase in in mm, the region completed use up their (public) goodwill on er for fields. continue to be trucked problems have occurred at faCili< wastewater treatment over the past the master plan update and one of the landfill,” he said. “We've got to to Samia or incinerated to produce tifi across Canada and the United decade. meaning the region is the recommendations was to build get it right from the outset” energy. States under pressure to find a sustain- a centralized hmt~drying facility to Staff reviewed about eight pro- “Lystelt uses a land application Yajima said the plant the region able method 0i disposing ofall that convert biosolids from four waste- posals from companies across process, but we muted several dif- wants to build is fundamentally waste. water treatment plants into a pellet Canada and the United States spe- ferent types (of disposal methods).” different than the one in Toronto A in 2008. the region began to high in nitrogen that could be cializing in biosolid treatment, “idiom Cavalcante, water servic- , vacuumwillremove the dangerous make changes to how it manages applied to agricultural lands, incin- including one from the Cam- es manager of engineering and odwtfrom the processing plant and biosolids, including transporting erated to create energy or trucked bridge-based company Lystelt. planning with the region. ' the‘drying process will use lower biosolids to a landfill in Sarnia to Samia Lystelt claims it can help the “(Heat-drying) has multiple temperatures. The plant's circula- whenever land application wasn't The region initially targeted 1] region deal with its biosolids pmbâ€" potential options for disposal” tion pumps will also use water Possible. and an update to the possible sites for the facility, but lem with a technique that is cheap- The second major concern the instead thOt Oil biosolids master plan was also ini- has since narrowed it to two â€" the er, cleaner and safer using patented region has is the potential impact Jhe pellets will be treated with 21 dated- Cambridge dump and the Waterloo liquid biosolids technology. Lystek's plan would have on green- dust-inhibiting coating and \ Historically, biosolids â€" that is. landfill â€" and engineers areeyeing The company would either house gas emissions About seven processed at a constant rate to the material lefi over when water is a 2016 construction date and the truck the waste to its processing or eight trucks will be needed every ensure even drying. It Should also removed from municipal sewage four-hectare facility would cost plant in Dundalk, about 100 kilo- day to transport the biosolids from reduce the possibility ofodours and the sludge is treated -- were upwards of $60 million. metres north ot'Waterloo, or add on the wastewatcr treatment plants to Yaiima said the more the mate» either applied to agricultural fields City Coun. Mark Whaley, a its technology to existing waste- the heat-dryer. rial is handled. the less evenly it or stored at the transfer station at member of the Waterloo landfill water treatment plants The distance the trucks travel dries and the more dust and smell the Kitchener wastewater treat- liaison committee, said the region The region, however, has opted within the region will be a fraction it creates. ment plant on Manitou Drive has done its due diligence in deter- to go with the drying facility for of the distance needed to transport "There will be a lot more checks whenever land application wasn't mining what technology is best for several reasons the waste to Dundallc and balances as the material goes practical. this region and for sustainably dis- One is the increased flexibility “It's a much shorter driving dis- through the drying process,” The biosolids were also stored posing of biosolids residents pro» the pelletized product provides. tance and that distance is impor- Yajima said. r“ '3 'r R T ’ 7‘ (:3 K9 ‘ r A“ t ‘ .y Harm/tr; bPA GIFT CARDS ~ git . it i 3": “it“ MUMPS DAY. it irwnuaaf»: ts You row: I 1 ,~ .. a y t, Washington. 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