Fluorinated compounds known as “PFAS,” which are present in a broad range of products including food packaging, clothing, and household products such as carpeting and cookware, are a growing and widespread health concern. Following the detection of PFAS in farmland soil, agricultural products, and groundwater, attention in Maine has focused increasingly on the once common practice of land spreading industrial and wastewater sludge as a soil amendment. In fact, during some years in the 1990s, more than 85% of wastewater solids were recycled through land application. That practice, however, will be significantly curtailed if not eliminated entirely due to risks associated with PFAS. This forum will discuss the implications that eliminating land spreading will have for industrial and municipal waste operations, explore alternative disposal and treatment options & technologies, and learn how impacted stakeholders are pivoting to meet this new challenge.
In a solutions-centered forum, E2Tech will explore:
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As we learn and discover more, how do we manage sludge? What can we do with all this material, which in many cases is nutrient rich, yet can contain contaminants from upstream sources?
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Are there approaches that would make landfilling or otherwise sequestering sludge a sustainable long term solution? Are there treatments, tests or management practices that would make the reuse of sludge in other ways practical?
- What alternative disposal or reuse options exist or are emerging, how well do they work, and what do they cost?
Join E2Tech’s expert panel on Thursday, April 28th from 8-10AM on Zoom webinar for a discussion of these issues – with ample time provided for your questions & discussion.
Speakers:
Jeffrey McBurnie, P.E. - Environmental Manager, Casella
Rhonda Forrester, P.E. - Civil and Environmental Engineer, Sevee & Maher Engineers
Scott Firmin - Director of Wastewater Services, Portland Water District
Janine Burke - Wells - Executive Director, Northeast Biosolids & Residuals Assoc.
Neal Goldberg - Maine Municipal Association
Moderated by:
Amanda Wade - Senior Environmental Engineer, TRC Companies
Sponsors:
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