A Texas-Sized Biosolids Recycling Program Yields High-Quality Heat-Dried Products for a Variety of Applications

Houston’s biosolids beneficial use program goes back more than 100 years. Today its Hou-Actinite product is a favorite among farmers, ranchers and landscapers.

A Texas-Sized Biosolids Recycling Program Yields High-Quality Heat-Dried Products for a Variety of Applications

Tika Gautam, left, supervising engineer, shown with Mohammed Siddiqui, assistant operations manager, received the 2021 Ronald B. Sieger Biosolids Management Award from the Water Environment Association of Texas.

Farmers and ranchers across Southeast Texas and in states as far away as Florida benefit from the biosolids produced by the Houston wastewater treatment utility.

They’re spreading Class A exceptional quality Hou-Actinite, a 6-3-0 biosolids fertilizer processed and heat-dried...

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