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Oh yeah. is NOT a solution!

Time is running out to find new solutions to manage in Maine

A new report shows that capacity at a state-owned will run out in 2028.

PORTLAND, Maine — "There are growing concerns about the state's ability to handle waste and the impact it could have on wastewater treatment facilities in just a few years. Tons of wastewater , or , are shipped to a state-owned landfill every day. That sludge is laced with .

"State regulators say if investments aren't made to manage it, the landfill could be at capacity by 2028. The Portland Water District's East End plant takes in 25,000 pounds of solid waste daily.

"'What comes in has to go out, so when we have interruptions in the ability to manage biosolids, that is a huge challenge,' Scott Firmin, director of Portland Wastewater Services with the Portland Water District, explained.

"The utility has nearly 100,000 customers in the Greater Portland area and ships the byproduct of that waste, known as sludge or biosolids, to the near .

"Last summer, it was left scrambling after Waste Systems said it could not safely accept municipal at after shipments of construction debris needed to stabilize the site were banned.

"'Ninety percent of the biosolids generated in Maine go to that landfill,' Firmin said."

newscentermaine.com/article/te

WCSH · Time is running out to find new solutions to manage biosolids in MaineBy Vivien Leigh (NEWS CENTER Maine)