About my sewers Sewer connections Wastewater treatment Sewer use by-law Stormwater pollution Community Offices Water Efficiency Beaches Basement flooding Household hazardous waste Resources Department Title will go here. In our last issue of The Main Resource, we reported that Metro Council had approved two projects to demonstrate the beneficial use of biosolids. The first project will demonstrate application of biosolids from the Main Treatment Plant to agricultural lands. Terratec Ltd. A second project, designed to demonstrate alkaline stabilization, has been awarded to Harbour Remediation and Transfer.
Alkaline stabilization takes place when lime is added to biosolids.
The first project with Terratec Ltd. is awaiting final regulatory approvals and the construction of a truck loading facility at the Main Treatment Plant. It is anticipated that this project will be up and running in the spring of 1996. The second project with Harbour Remediation and Transfer is still proceeding through a financial review. With the initiation of both projects, some 20,000 tonnes of biosolids will be diverted from incineration at the Main Treatment Plant to beneficial use. This figure represents some 50 per cent of the biosolids currently treated at the Main Treatment Plant.