City officials say the latest expansion of Lincoln’s Biosolids Program will bolster the city’s innovative efforts to secure economic and environmental benefits from waste materials.
“This is another example of the City’s innovative approach to building a more resilient Lincoln,” says Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. “Expanding the biosolids program lowers costs, helps the environment and supports the local economy. By joining forces with our partners in agriculture, our Biosolids Program enriches the future by enriching the soil and water on which our future depends.”
The Biosolids Program converts biosolids created from wastewater treatment into a dry, nutrient-rich, soil-like fertilizer for crops. LTU officials say biosolids are valuable to the Lincoln community and surrounding area because they improve the soil, increase water reuse efforts, and divert material from the landfill, where biosolids were deposited prior to the program.
LTU recently installed conversion equipment at the Northeast Water Resource Recovery Facility, 7000 N. 70th St., to match equipment already in use at the Theresa Street Water Resource Recovery Facility, 2400 Theresa St.
LTU Director Liz Elliott said the project updated aging infrastructure and creates a material that’s easier for agriculture producers to use that will expand the marketplace for additional sales and use of dry biosolids to area farmers.
For more information got o lincoln.ne.gov/biosolids.
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