There’s an old saying: Make hay while the sun shines. But the West Jackson County Land Treatment Facility, in Ocean Springs, Miss., makes hay all year-round and uses biosolids and treated wastewater to do it.
The Jackson County Utility Authority collects dewatered Class B biosolids from three of its wastewater treatment plants, stores it on concrete pads, and then discs the material into 160 acres of utility-owned land to support the production of clover, rye grass, and crab grass. The authority then cuts and bales the hay and either sells or donates it to several users in the area. Treated wastewater
