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Margate joins Broward County design effort for regional biosolids treatment plant
Summary
The Margate City Commission voted to join a Broward County-led interlocal agreement to help fund design of a regional thermal-drying biosolids facility, committing an estimated $1.85 million design share to protect long-term wastewater disposal options and curb rising hauling costs.
Margate commissioners voted unanimously to join an interlocal agreement with Broward County to pay for design work on a regional biosolids thermal-drying facility, a move staff said is needed to address shrinking disposal outlets and rapidly rising disposal costs.
Kurt Kaiser, Margate's utilities director, told the commission the city currently produces roughly 6,800 wet tons of biosolids a year and pays several hundred thousand dollars annually to haul and land-apply the solids. He said recent state rules and legislation have dramatically reduced permitted land-application sites and tightened nutrient-testing requirements, increasing competition for disposal capacity and pushing prices upward. "Our outlets are shrinking, but the number of producers are staying the same," Kaiser said in his presentation.
The Broward County working group recommended constructing a regional thermal-drying plant that…
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