Nearly 20 years ago the tiny town of La Conner faced a biosolids dilemma. Located in Washington’s Skagit Valley, about 70 miles north of Seattle, the town had relied on farmland application, but that was becoming more difficult.One option would have been to assume the cost of sending Class B biosolids five hours away to eastern Washington for use on farmland there, but town leaders wanted to try a different approach. “We thought, we’re surrounded by farmland — we can turn this material into a resource,” says Kelly Wynn, who manages From Plan B To Class A: The La Conner
