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y , <br /> Biosolids Management Industrial Pre-Treatment Program <br /> The Biosolids Management Facility (BMF) further of the farm will add 250-acres and 60,000 more During 2004, the regional Industrial Pretreatment <br /> treats solids from the wastewater treatment process, trees. This environmentally responsible farm is Program continued its mission of protecting the <br /> creating biosolids or Biocycle. Biosolids from the part of our overall wastewater program and helps environment and the area's wastewater collection j_ <br /> treatment process are pumped from the Water return vital nutrients to the soil. Irrigation of and treatment facilities by regulating potentially <br /> Pollution Control Facility to the BMF where time, Biocycle Farm helps improve water quality in the contaminated wastewater discharges from <br /> and natural processes further stabilize the material Willamette River, by reclaiming for beneficial use, commercial and industrial activities. <br /> and reduce pathogens. Once fully treated to up to two million gallons of treated wastewater <br /> re Mato standards, the biosolids are dried usin that would normall be dischar ed into the river Re lato activities include develo m ollutant <br /> g g Y g ~ P~ g P <br /> mechanical dewatering and air drying processes each day. The reclaimed water, along with biosolids, g p g <br /> limits for industrial dischar es res ondin to <br /> and are applied to approved agricultural land,.Our is used to irrigate hybrid poplar trees, grown for permit violations, and conducting industrial site <br /> staff applied more than 2,000 dry tons of biosolids the solid wood market. These poplar trees inspections. Staff maintains permits for and <br /> during 2004. efficiently consume the nutrients in biosolids at monitors over 40 Eugene and Springfield <br /> high rates, making the Biorycle Farm acost-effective industries, ensuring their wastes are handled in <br /> In addition to applying biosolids to grasslands, and beneficial rerycling method. The poplars, an environmentally sound manner. Staff inspects <br /> 2004 ushered in start-up activities at the Biocycle harvested in ten-year cycles, will be sold and will these industries annually, sampling each facility <br /> Farm, a hybrid poplar tree plantation. During the return revenues to the MWMC, helping to stabilize twice a year. <br /> summer, staff planted more than 38,000 hybrid rates paid by our customers. <br /> <br /> poplar seedlings covering 157-acres. Future phases <br /> 2000 <br /> Beosolids Dewatereng Facility <br /> 7 997 constructed ~ <br /> Water Pollution Control Facility ~ T <br /> Master Plan, which initiates The r~ <br /> • ® Facilities Planning Process r, <br /> - <br /> <br />