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Biosolids
Central Okanagan communities buy their way out of sewage sludge controversy
While Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops are struggling to deal with excess biosolids, West Kelowna, Peachland…
OgoGrow just got a lot cheaper, but you’re going to need a bigger truck
KELOWNA – With a small mountain of the garden compost piling up, Kelowna council has…
Truck carrying controversial sewage sludge from West Kelowna spills load
KELOWNA – Crews wasted no time yesterday cleaning up after a truck overturned and dumped…
Why municipalities around the province are watching this crappy situation for West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA – Westside residents expecting costs for sewage treatment would stabilize this fall shouldn’t…
Suzuki Foundation finds heavy metals in biosolids sent to Merritt compost plant
MERRITT – Opponents of the shipment of biosolids to the Nicola Valley near Merritt have gained some ammunition, thanks to a recent lab analysis from a well-known environmental group.
Wine and fruit waste prompts Kelowna treatment facility upgrade
KELOWNA - The city is looking at upgrading the Brandt’s Creek Trade Waste Treatment facility in a bid to reduce the amount of biosolids it produces and the cost of hauling them away. Staff are recommending the city pay $450,000 for a centrifuge to be installed at the facility located in the North End industrial...
Biosolids review coming for Nicola Valley
MERRITT – After several months of protests and blockades, the province has agreed to establish…
Occupation of premier’s officer ends, but situation remains
WEST KELOWNA - The occupation of Christy Clark's West Kelowna constituency offices ended today but the situation that caused it — where the Westside dumps its sewage—could continue for years. The chiefs of five native bands, and some non-native protesters from the Lower Nicola valley swarmed Clark's constituency office in downtown Westbank for five days,...
No end in sight for sewage sludge sit-in at premier’s constituency office
WEST KELOWNA - The chiefs of the five native bands occupying Christy Clark’s office in West Kelowna say only an agreement with the province will end their protest. “We’re prepared to stay as long as it takes to come to some kind of the agreement with the province,” Chief Aaron Sam of the Upper Nicola...
So what are you supposed to do with 100 tonnes of sewage sludge? The regional district just found out
KELOWNA - If the Central Okanagan Regional District has temporarily solved its sewage sludge disposal problem by trucking it to a site near Clinton, it’s partially because they can’t look to their nearest neighbours for help - they’re full. “We just don’t have the capacity, so we can’t help,” said Kevin Van Vliet, manager of...