The end result of sewage treatment, the biosolids are supposed to go to Lafarge cement kiln in Richmond, but it was out of commission for almost all of 2022, resulting in a space crunch at Hartland landfill.
The finished product of sewage treatment produced in the capital region will soon be on its way to the Nanaimo area to fertilize trees and jump-start other vegetation.
In a narrow vote after a two-hour debate on Feb. 8, CRD directors decided shipping biosolids to the Regional District of Nanaimo — which had offered to take them — was the only short-term plan on the table. The board overrode an earlier 5-4 vote by its own environmental services committee to reject a staff report recommending the Nanaimo plan. It also rejected a motion to table the decision and then had to go to a rarely used “weighted vote,” where larger communities of the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee have added value to their votes.
Director Jeremy Caradonna called the Nanaimo decision “frustrating. “Let’s be honest. How many people around this table would accept biosolids from Alberta or Washington state? Would any of you want biosolids sprayed on the forests around Saanich or Sooke?” asked Caradonna. Glenn Harris, senior manager of environmental protection for the CRD, said 90% of biosolids produced by municipalities in Canada are land-applied. Worldwide, it’s about 70%, he said.
In 2022, 3,173 tonnes of biosolids were produced at the residual treatment facility at Hartland, but only 470 tonnes were shipped to the Lafarge kiln in Richmond.
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