The weather in Kent County, Mich., doesn’t always lend itself to farming, but localfarmers count on biosolids produced at the Wyoming Clean Water Plant to nourish their crops. And farmland isn’t the only destination for the biosolids: Some is also pumped to nearby Grand Rapids in a combined biosolids management program.
The 24 mgd (design) Wyoming Clean Water Plant joined with the 61.1 mgd (design) Grand River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Grand Rapids to form the Grand Valley Regional Biosolids Authority (GVRBA). With rising transportation costs and an unpredictable regulatory environment, the cities decided to work together to manage biosolids cost
