Sludge Watch ==> Bio Digester Sludge Funding Sought

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Ok to make energy from these wastes...but what do you do with the residues?
They can be very high in drugs, chemicals, pathogens, and  heavy metals.


If they are to be land applied under the Nutrient Management Act then very 
very few contaminants are managed and there is very little government 
oversight or regulation.
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News for Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Looking for Bio Digester funding
Written by Jody Johnson

Chatsworth and Georgian Bluffs are on the search for funding for their 
proposed bio-digestor project.
They have applied for 90 percent funding through the provincial Rural 
Economic Development  program.
Chatsworth mayor Howard Greig says they are looking for 2.25 million dollars 
with both townships covering the other 10 percent of the costs.
Greig says the project is for anaerobic treatment of septage, biosolids and 
corn stalks to produce biogas, hydro and treated biosolids.
Greig says Hydro One has already given approval to produce hydro from the 
biodigestor and feed it into the grid.
Greig says the project is getting a lot of support from local farming and 
municipal organizations including the Christian Farmers of Ontario, National 
Farmers Union, Western Ontario Wardens' Caucus, and the Grey County Forest 
Stewardship Network.
Greig says council will also be keeping an eye on the provincial government.
He says it will be beneficial if the new minister of agriculture and food is 
again Leona Dombrowsky.
Greig says she already has a wealth of knowledge on the project.
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