Lost in Translation - Biosolids Demystified

Join SYLVIS in Stevenson, Washington September 7 – 9, 2014 for the 27^th annual biosolids management conference sponsored by the Northwest Biosolids Management Association (NBMA).   The conference theme for 2014 is “Lost in Translation – Biosolids Demystified.”

As long-time NBMA members, supporters and leadership committee members, SYLVIS is pleased to participate in the conference.  SYLVIS president Mike Van Ham, in collaboration with our client Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) will present on “Successful Collaboration to Advance Biosolids Beneficial Use in Alberta.”

“In recent years, Alberta biosolids generators have expressed an interest in investigating new management options to diversify and build capacity within their programs. An initial challenge to investigating new options was that the provincial guidelines were developed specifically for biosolids applications to agricultural land. Understanding the departure of these options from the provincial guidelines, the generators took a proactive engagement approach by presenting the opportunities to their regulators to gauge interest in establishing a series of demonstrations to provide regional “proof-of-concept” of the options, which include biosolids use in mine reclamation, marginal land improvement and woody biomass production. The municipalities solicited input from their regulators, which was used to design demonstrations that would address knowledge gaps in biosolids management in Alberta, and generate information that could be used to support future biosolids guideline amendment or development. The completion or ongoing evaluation of nine demonstrations throughout the province, supported by intensive research, ongoing communication and knowledge transfer, provides the blueprint for a proven process for advancing biosolids management.” (Excerpt from the conference program)

For more information on the conference including the schedule, presentation abstracts and speaker biographies visit the conference website by clicking here.

To learn more about SYLVIS’s projects in Alberta, please contact John Lavery, SYLVIS Business Development Manager at 604.777.9788 or by email.

For information or to become a member of the Northwest Biosolids Management Association visit their website at: www.nwbiosolids.org/