The Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant has come a long way since its creation in the 1950s. Back then, its lagoons stored biosolids from the city of Austin’s wastewater treatment plant. After treatment, all the separated water was discharged to the Colorado River under a discharge permit.“That’s just how things were done here back then,” observes Ken Lockard, facility superintendent.Today, Hornsby Bend is a zero-discharge facility that produces Class B biosolids for land application, uses the city’s yard wastes to create Class A biosolids compost for wholesale and retail trade, and generates biogas to produce electricity for sale to the power
