Biosolids production and hauling costs had tripled in recent years for the Town of Deerfield (Massachusetts) Wastewater Division. As landfills and incinerators were mothballed for various reasons, those costs were expected to escalate, and I knew I needed to do everything I could as chief operator to reduce them.
I had considered a number of products professing beneficial results in solids reduction, but I had never tried them, mainly due to reports from other operators who had done so and were disappointed. That, combined with relatively high initial cost without knowing how much I would need to use and with no










