Por: Portland Press Herald Nation August 22, 2023
Dewatered sludge from screw presses falls from a conveyor belt into a trailer in May at the Greater Augusta Utilities District’s wastewater treatment plant in Augusta. Waste Management Disposal Services is planning a $35 million biosolids processing facility at the Crossroads Landfill it operates in Norridgewock. It’s meant to be operational by the end of 2025 and would accept sludge from municipalities across the state such as Augusta. Joe... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Nation August 08, 2023
Dewatered sludge from screw presses falls from a conveyor belt into a trailer at the Greater Augusta Utilities District’s wastewater treatment plant in Augusta in April. A compromise reached by lawmakers means that sludge will not have to be trucked to Canada for at least the... + más
No immediate solution to Maine’s sludge problem | Portland Press Herald
Landfill operator tells lawmakers it has temporary fix to Maine’s sludge disposal crisis | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion March 23, 2023
Last year, the Maine Legislature passed two bills – and – that disrupted the way municipal wastewater treatment facilities manage biosolids or “sludge” disposal. L.D. 1911 ended the practice of land-spreading composted biosolids, forcing most of it into the state-owned... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 09, 2023
The operator of the state-owned landfill told lawmakers Wednesday that Maine’s sludge disposal crisis is over now that it has found a temporary home for sludge in New Brunswick, buying Maine the time that it needs to come up with a safe, affordable long-term sludge management... + más
Lawmakers to hear about Maine sludge disposal crisis | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 07, 2023
State lawmakers will get a briefing on Maine’s sludge disposal crisis Wednesday in preparation for what is likely to be a political battle over a problem that has left sewer plants across the state facing huge price increases, long pickup delays and potential environmental... + más
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 05, 2023
David Hughes, the superintendent of Scarborough Sanitary District at the plant on Wednesday. Hughes said that the truck that takes away their sewage sludge was supposed to come last Friday, but finally came on Wednesday which caused a major back-up. “If the truck didn’t show... + más
Landfill instability has Maine sewer plants in a bind | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 02, 2023
David Hughes, superintendent of the Scarborough Sanitary District, expressed relief Wednesday after a tractor-trailer carted away 30 tons of sludge, but asked: “What about next time?” Scarborough is one of roughly three dozen Maine sewer plants that send sludge to Juniper... + más
Environmental group alleges Casella Waste Systems manufactured sludge crisis | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 01, 2023
Maine sewer plants have been plunged into chaos over the last week because the state has run out of room to dispose of their sludge and some are only days away from overflowing. “If a truck doesn’t come for my sludge tomorrow, I’ll have no choice but to dump it on the... + más
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