Officials consider expanding a composting facility to meet demand.
There's so much sludge produced in Saco and Old Orchard during the summer, it can't all squeeze into the town's composting facility. As a result, local officials now are looking at ways to expand the facility on Old Orchard's Dirigo Drive, which serves both communities. The workshop takes place at Old Orchard's Town Hall. Roger Goodwin, superintendent of the town's wastewater treatment plant, said the amount of sludge coming from Saco has increased by 40 percent in the last four years. We've got t times bigger than the existing one.