City of Kamloops still exploring options for biosolids
KAMLOOPS — It’s a subject that seems to have quite a stink on it these days: biosolids. At Tuesday’s council meeting, the city’s Biosolids Management Stakeholder Committee presented council with an update on the work they’re doing to explore the many options that exist in dealing with the excess of material that results from the sewage treatment process.
The committee was formed to examine the possible uses for the 12,500 tonnes of biosolids that are produced annually at the Sewage Treatment Centre. Prior to 2011, the material was sent to the Cinnamon Ridge Compost Facility, but when the Treatment Centre was upgraded, the city’s biosolids use changed.
“Current;y, we’re producing biosolids, and we’re stockpiling them at our Sewage Treatment Centre,” City Civic Operations Director Jen Fretz explained. “We don’t have an unlimited supply of space to stockpile material, so we need to find a use for those biosolids.”