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<br />"in 20G6 more thar~i ~,~00 ury tor-~s oi~ biosolids,vv~r~ich are iheorganic by-products of wastewater treatment, <br />were pumped from the treafirrient plant to the biosolids Management Facility (6MF). Once biosolids reach <br />the BMF,they undergo further processing so they can be applied to Department of Environmental <br />C~uality-approved agricultural lands. The lands include privately-owned grass farms, an MVVM~-owned <br />grass farm and Ciiocycle Farmo <br />The past couple of years at ~iocycle Faro~n have been spent getting the hose reels, pumps and the rest of <br />the ed,uipment set up, and then working out the kinks. 200a was an interesting year; it was the first year we <br />were able to apply c~iosolids and redairfi~ed water to 8iocyde Farm. ~/Ue applied over 1,000 dry tons of <br />biosolids on the entire far~~n and irrigated 1.7 million gallons of reclaimed water over the ., 56-acre °hase l <br />area.,, <br />~Rar~dy moray, hgric~aituYal ~oordinator~ <br />h~ <br />:; <br />r ~~~ -~ ~$ ~~k <br />~.' <br />,.,.. <br />to ~,~ ,: <br />~w._x....~,m.~~.. <br />-~~ - . <br />..... <br />~~ <br />,. <br />~ ~! '' <br />_. __ ; <br />,- <br />~ . <br />Yr. .; ~~ <br />' ,~ ,.,1 <br />