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Plantation joins regional biosolids plan amid rising treatment costs and regulatory pressure
Summary
City Council approved joining a 10-utility interlocal agreement to pursue a regional biosolids treatment facility, citing mounting regulatory limits on land application and projected construction and upgrade costs; utilities director said Plantation's share is roughly 4.8% of a projected $500 million plant and funding would come through utility rates.
Plantation City Council voted Jan. 14 to participate in an interlocal agreement advancing a regional biosolids treatment facility for utilities across Broward County.
The council approved the measure after an extended discussion in which David Polio, Plantation's utilities director, described a landscape of tightening regulations that is reducing land-application options for treated sludge and making a regional solution necessary. Polio told the council the initial feasibility work points to a roughly $500 million facility shared by 10 large utilities, with Plantation's portion of design estimated at about 4.8% of the plant cost.
"We're looking at a $500 million plant," Polio said. "On our…
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