Dewatering takes a huge amount of energy and the huge pumps are difficult and expensive to repair. Further, you have to pay for trucking fees and tipping fees to ship the sludge. Many states do not allow this sludge to be used for putting on land as fertilizer due to possibilities of unfriendly ingredients in the sludge and lastly, you are responsible for the sludge should the truck have an accident...the sludge is your responsibility until it has reached its final home.
Published by Joseph Massidda, Partner at Cellulose Solutions
Dewatering takes a huge amount of energy and the huge pumps are difficult and expensive to repair. Further, you have to pay for trucking fees and tipping fees to ship the sludge. Many states do not allow this sludge to be used for putting on land as fertilizer due to possibilities of unfriendly ingredients in the sludge and lastly, you are responsible for the sludge should the truck have an accident...the sludge is your responsibility until it has reached its final home.