Nutrien is a global leader in the production of fertilizers, soil nutritional supplements, and soil amendments. Within this framework...
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Mount Washington Alpine Resort
The Mount Washington Alpine Resort (Resort) near Courtenay on Vancouver Island treats all wastewater from resort facilities and onsite...
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The Fort St. James Green Energy Facility operated by Veolia produced clean electricity for BC Hydro. This facility used wood waste...
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CANFOR Chetwynd operates a sawmill and pellet plant which processes wood to produce lumber products and wood pellets for retail...
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Municipality of North Cowichan
The Municipality of North Cowichan operates the Chemainus Wastewater Treatment Plant which produces approximately 350 wet tonnes of...
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The City of Powell River operates the new Consolidated Wastewater Treatment Plant which produces approximately 1,000 wet tonnes of...
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In 2014 SYLVIS participated in a pilot project with Pinnacle View Limousin (Pinnacle Farm), a farm focused on its Purebred Limousin...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
SYLVIS has worked with Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited (Lehigh Materials) since 1998, using organic residuals including biosolids and...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
The Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited (Lehigh Materials) Sechelt Mine is one of the largest sand and gravel mines in North America. For...
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District of North Saanich
Surrounding its municipal hall, the District of North Saanich owns several hectares of land which were acquired over a number of years...
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Metro Vancouver consulted with SYLVIS to have a biosolids growing medium (BGM) fabricated and used in the redevelopment of Surrey Bend...
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Regional District of Nanaimo
Through an assessment of local biosolids management options that SYLVIS completed for the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), soil...
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SYLVIS manages both the City of Powell River and the Municipality of North Cowichan biosolids. SYLVIS developed a project at...
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Cannor Nurseries produces live trees and shrubs for wholesale; the live-tree harvesting process exports soil from the site. SYLVIS...
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Ecowaste Industries Ltd. and Metro Vancouver
Silt fencing is currently the industry standard used for sediment control in runoff, but this system does not effectively address...
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Conifex Timber (Conifex) holds a permit from the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV) pertaining to black chip...
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Up to 40,000 wet tonnes/year of dewatered biosolids from the City of Kelowna Waste Water Treatment Facility, the Vernon Water...
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Bowen Island Municipality
Bowen Island Municipality is currently piloting water treatment technology to improve drinking water quality for the residents of...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
Erosion and sedimentation are naturally occurring processes that involve particle detachment, transportation and deposition of soil...
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The remote First Nations community of Ahousaht is located on Flores Island north of Tofino, British Columbia on Vancouver Island....
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In 2000, SYLVIS produced a series of biosolids information bulletins for Metro Vancouver on “Pathogen Reduction” and “Trace Elements”...
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In April 2016, the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy announced a review of the Organic Matter Recycling...
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Agrium Fort Saskatchewan Nitrogen Operations
Agrium is a global leader in the production of fertilizers, soil nutritional supplements, and soil amendments. The Agrium Fort...
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Weyerhaeuser’s Edson Oriented Strand Board (OSB) facility generates wood ash as a by-product of the OSB production process. The...
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The Regional Biosolids Composting Facility (RBCF) located in Vernon, BC, was established in 2006 by the City of Kelowna (CoK), in...
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Claystone Waste (formerly Beaver Municipal Solutions) owns and operates a Class II Sanitary Landfill east of Edmonton, near Ryley,...
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Regional District of Nanaimo
Diversification of management options lends strength and flexibility to a biosolids management program. SYLVIS has conducted numerous...
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Municipality of North Cowichan
In order to identify contingency sites for biosolids management, SYLVIS conducted an investigation of a suite of potential management...
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British Columbia Ministry of Environment
The British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment (MoE) retained the services of SYLVIS to undertake a provincial scan of municipal...
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Comox Valley Regional District
In 2015, the Comox Valley Regional District engaged Wacor Holdings to construct the landfill closure system at the Comox Valley Waste...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
Ecowaste Industries is an industrial waste landfill located in Richmond, British Columbia. Portions of the landfill have interim...
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SYLVIS and The City of Calgary launched the Demonstration Program in 2013: demonstrating the capacity of dewatered biosolids to...
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In 2012, the City of Calgary sought opportunities to beneficially manage dewatered biosolids to augment and add diversity to their...
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Regional District of Central Okanagan
The Regional District of Central Okanagan contacted SYLVIS Environmental to undertake an assessment of short and long term biosolids...
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In 2011, SYLVIS initiated forestry and transitional range biosolids fertilization programs at cattle ranches located in the Interior...
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Alberta Environment and Parks
Alberta has relied on the “Guidelines for the Application of Municipal Wastewater Sludges to Agricultural Lands” as well as similar...
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The City of Campbell River operates the Norm Wood Environmental Center (NWEC) wastewater treatment plant. This treatment plant...
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The OK Ranch is located in the Fraser Plateau, within the Interior Douglas-fir biogeoclimatic zone, being very dry but mild. The...
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The City of Kamloops (CoK) sought opportunities to develop and implement management options for biosolids and other organic materials...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
Leachate is generated when precipitation percolates through the landfill and takes up organic and inorganic constituents from contents...
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In Prince George, BC, Lakeland Mills recently refurbished its logyard as a component of a larger overall rebuild of their site. The...
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Clark Creek Pit was used as a source of aggregate for the construction of Highway 5 in the early 1990’s. This decommissioned pit...
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The City of Calgary was seeking opportunities to beneficially manage dewatered biosolids from the Shepard Lagoons to augment and add...
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Columbia Shuswap Regional District
The Skimikin Landfill located near Salmon Arm, British Columbia was closed and capped in 2005. SYLVIS designed and implemented a ...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
Watts Point quarry is located approximately 6 km south of Squamish, British Columbia. ConAgg Quarries (now Lehigh Hanson), which owns...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Biosolids Task Group developed a Canada-wide approach for biosolids...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
In addition to using standard economic, social and environmental criteria, the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of biosolids management...
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Heidelberg Materials Limited
The Heidelberg Materials' Sechelt Mine (formerly Lehigh Materials) reclamation program was initiated in 1998 in order to progressively...
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EPCOR Water Services Inc.
The current biosolids management guidelines in Alberta, “Guidelines for the Application of Municipal Wastewater Sludges to...
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Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership
Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership operates several large mills in Prince George, BC which produce a range of residuals. The mills burn...
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City of Edmonton and EPCOR Water Services Incorporated
The City of Edmonton (City) is interested in diversifying and expanding their biosolids management program in anticipation of...
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City of Edmonton and EPCOR Water Services Incorporated
The City of Edmonton (City) sought a more diverse biosolids management program to meet annual biosolids production and address the...
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City of Edmonton and EPCOR Water Services Incorporated
The City of Edmonton (City) and EPCOR Water Services (EPCOR) have long-standing programs of biosolids management that include...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
SYLVIS works closely with provincial and federal regulatory agencies not only in regulatory and best management practice development...
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British Columbia Ministry of Environment
On September 1, 2007 the Soil Amendment Code of Practice (SACoP) came into force in British Columbia. The SACoP is a ministerial ...
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Biosolids as feedstock in developing fabricated topsoils for use in landfill closures represents a major shift in the relationship...
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SYLVIS worked with the City of Revelstoke to evaluate options for management and reuse of organic residuals at the City’s Jordan Pit...
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British Columbia Ministry of Environment
For over a decade SYLVIS was an active participant in the development of the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR) of British...
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Heidelberg Materials Limited
Heidelberg Materials Limited's Sechelt Mine (formerly Lehigh Materials) is the largest sand and gravel mine in North America. SYLVIS...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited’s (Lehigh) Sechelt Operations is the largest sand and gravel mine in North America. In 1998 SYLVIS...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
Product quality and cleanliness are paramount to aggregate production. As part of processing, aggregates are washed prior to...
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For over a decade, SYLVIS has worked with Metro Vancouver to implement turn-key biosolids management at a variety of sites across...
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Columbia Shuswap Regional District
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) updated its Design and Operating Plan for the Salmon Arm Landfill. Within the Plan,...
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Capital Regional District
The Capital Regional District (CRD) operates the Hartland landfill located northwest of Victoria within the Municipality of Saanich, ...
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Columbia Shuswap Regional District
SYLVIS, together with Sperling Hansen Associates, prepared a closure plan for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s (CSRD) Skimikin...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
The Ecowaste Landfill, located in Richmond, British Columbia, accepts waste primarily from construction and demolition activities. ...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
Education and awareness are key components of a successful biosolids land application program. Lehigh Producer’s Pit, located west of...
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Universities, Community Groups
Education and awareness are vital to effective residuals management. SYLVIS supports sustainable, environmentally responsible...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
SYLVIS’s extensive experience in planning and policy development is national in scope. SYLVIS has worked with the Canadian Council of...
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Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) developed a Canada-wide approach for the management of municipal...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
Stakeholder education, consultation and involvement are of paramount importance in the acceptance of biosolids management programs. ...
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EPCOR Water Services Inc.
In evaluating new opportunities for beneficial use of Edmonton Region biosolids, SYLVIS implemented an operation-scale demonstration...
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Numerous residuals generated by municipalities and industries may be used in single-use beneficial management opportunities alone. ...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
From 2006 to 2021, SYLVIS worked with Ecowaste Industries Ltd. to develop, implement, and operate innovative methods of landfill...
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Mount Polley Mining Corporation (Mount Polley) is an active metal mine located near Likely, British Columbia. Metro Vancouver...
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In contrast to many traditional soil products which incorporate the use of feedstock which must be mined, MetroGrow capitalizes on the...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
In partnership with the Ecowaste Landfill, SYLVIS developed an innovative soil-plant treatment system for the leachate produced at the...
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Comox Valley Regional District
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) issued a request for proposals for engineering services for the Comox Valley Waste...
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The City of Edmonton (City) engaged SYLVIS to identify, evaluate, prioritize and implement novel biosolids applications to diversify...
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City of Edmonton and EPCOR Water Services Incorporated
The City of Edmonton (City) is seeking to manage the accumulated biosolids in its storage lagoons with a program that beneficially...
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British Columbia Ministry of Environment
Anaerobic digestion is a means of processing organic residuals that reduces waste volume, allows for energy production, and is suited...
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Regional District of Nanaimo
The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) operates two principal wastewater treatment facilities that produce biosolids, the French Creek...
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Metro Vancouver requested guidance on approaches to tracking gains in carbon storage in land applied with biosolids. SYLVIS reviewed...
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It is commonly accepted among biosolids managers that communication, stemming from a high level of understanding and acceptance of...
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British Columbia Ministry of Environment
Over the last decade the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment (MoE) has development two key policy frameworks that enable the...
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The British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Environment instituted regulatory changes to the Municipal Sewage Regulations that recently...
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YVR and Sea to Sky Highway
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is committed to sustainability. As Canada’s second busiest airport, YVR welcomes thousands of...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
One requirement of mine reclamation is to assess the availability of replacement topsoil and the feasibility of different soil...
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Abitibi Consolidated Company of Canada
Abitibi-Consolidated Mackenzie Paper Division operated a pulp and paper mill in Mackenzie, British Columbia. As part of their...
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Regional District of Nanaimo
The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) owns and operates a Regional Landfill. Concurrent with the development of the landfill, the...
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Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited Partnership (HSPP) was interested in beneficially using pulp and paper residuals generated by their...
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Tervita (formerly HAZCO) operates the Skway Nation landfill in Chilliwack, BC. The landfill generates leachate which needs to be...
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BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Amendment of Federal regulations concerning the management of bovine slaughterhouse waste prompted the investigation of cost-effective...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
SYLVIS worked with Lehigh Hanson Materials (Lehigh) in the transformation of Producers Pit, located approximately 20km southwest of...
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Working with Metro Vancouver (then the Greater Vancouver Regional District) SYLVIS managed the metamorphosis of a gravel mine to a...
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Belkorp Environmental Services Inc.
Anaerobic digestion is becoming an increasingly popular method for processing organic residuals. Anaerobic digestion generally...
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The Town of Gibsons operates the Gibsons Wastewater Treatment Plant which produces approximately 500 wet tonnes of Class B dewatered...
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SYLVIS has partnered with the District of Sechelt (DoS) to manage their biosolids for more than a decade. SYLVIS manages all aspects...
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The Resource Recovery Section of Washington state’s King County sought a biosolids and residuals use opportunity that promoted...
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Sunshine Coast Regional District
The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) operates the Chapman Creek Water Treatment Plant which provides drinking water for local...
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Capital Regional District
The Capital Regional District (CRD) on Vancouver Island provides wastewater treatment to a population equivalent of approximately 330,...
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Sherritt Coal formerly owned and operated the Obed Mountain Mine (OMM), located approximately 300 kilometres west of Edmonton, Alberta...
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The Municipality of Jasper is committed to increasing waste diversion from their landfill. To achieve this goal the municipality was...
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In 2011, the Utility Residuals Division of Metro Vancouver (MV) managed over 60,000 bulk tonnes of biosolids and water treatment...
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Biosolids contain trace amounts of chemicals, the source of which can originate from the food we consume, commercial and industrial...
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Limits on trace element concentrations in biosolids, including copper and molybdenum, help ensure the suitability of biosolids for...
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The City of Prince George contracted SYLVIS to complete an assessment of short-term biosolids management opportunities. The assessment...
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The City of Prince George generates approximately 3,000 cubic meters (m3) of biosolids annually at the Lansdowne Wastewater...
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Pacific Regeneration Technology (PRT) is North America’s largest producer of container-grown forest seedlings. In order to provide...
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Regional District of Central Okanagan and Metro Vancouver
The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) contracted SYLVIS to undertake an assessment of short and long term biosolids...
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Resort Municipality of Whistler
The Resort Municipality of Whistler‘s (RMOW) Emerald Forest Conservation Area provides habitat for upland forest and wetland species....
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City of Edmonton and EPCOR Water Services Incorporated
Biosolids are the stabilized solids generated by municipal wastewater treatment. Biosolids contain beneficial concentrations of...
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City of Edmonton with Partners at EPCOR and the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) regulate biosolids management in the province of Alberta through the...
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City of Edmonton with Partners at EPCOR and the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence
Canadian municipalities have recognized the need to adopt environmentally responsible and sustainable practices to achieve goals in...
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Biosolids used in land application can improve carbon storage on-site, helping to mitigate climate change. One of SYLVIS’s flagship...
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The City of Edmonton (City) desires a program of biosolids management that offers a diverse array of options to provide increased...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
For 15 years, SYLVIS worked with Ecowaste Industries to design and implement innovative solutions for landfill leachate treatment at...
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Excess application of phosphorus to soils can result in high available phosphorus levels that can negatively impact local water...
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The evaluation of residuals management options includes environmental, social and financial considerations. A key environmental...
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Carbon sequestration with biosolids management could help municipalities meet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals. SYLVIS consulted...
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The City of Prince George contracted SYLVIS to complete an assessment biosolids management opportunities. The assessment resulted in...
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Regional District of Central Okanagan
The Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO) contracted SYLVIS to undertake an assessment of short and long term biosolids...
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Regional District of Central Okanagan
The Regional District of Central Okanagan contacted SYLVIS Environmental to undertake an assessment of short and long term biosolids...
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Regional District of Nanaimo
The majority of the biosolids produced by the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) are managed by SYLVIS in a forest fertilization...
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The Patterson Road Woodlot is a privately owned juvenile forest located 20 km from the City of Prince George. This mixed-species...
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Dunkley Lumber manages a Tree Farm License (TFL) of approximately 88,000 hectares, located in proximity to the City of Prince George....
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The Joint Abbotsford Mission Environmental System (J.A.M.E.S.) wastewater treatment facility selected the fabrication of a growing...
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Envirogreen Technologies Limited
Smelter Lake is a 100-hectare copper mine tailings pond located near Princeton, British Columbia. Reclamation of these fine-textured...
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Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited
Pulp and paper mill processes generate several residuals, including primary and secondary sludge, ash and lime mud, depending on the...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
Ecowaste Industries Limited (Ecowaste) operates a construction demolition waste landfill in Richmond, British Columbia. Ecowaste...
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Ecowaste Industries Limited
The Ecowaste Landfill located in Richmond, British Columbia accepts non-putrescible waste, primarily from construction and demolition...
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SYLVIS is using biosolids to solve reclamation challenges. Smelter Lake, the former tailings pond for the Similco Mine, presents a...
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The Cariboo Regional District landfill located at Gibraltar Mine opened in 2003 to accept municipal solid waste from communities...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
The Monteith Bay silica mine is located in a remote inlet on the northwest corner of Vancouver Island. Rock associated with the silica...
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As a result of the positive outcomes of demonstration projected conducted by SYLVIS using City of Edmonton biosolids, regional...
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City of Edmonton with Partners at EPCOR and the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence
Biosolids generated from the Edmonton region’s two wastewater treatment plants have been historically lagoon stored and managed either...
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N-Viro Systems LP (N-Viro) constructed a facility near Banff, Alberta to treat organic residuals, including biosolids, in an alkaline...
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Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited
Each year, Lehigh Materials hosts a public open house which gives the community an opportunity to learn about mining and reclamation...
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