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Yuma County presses state agencies over biosolids dumping as residents raise groundwater and fly concerns
Summary
Residents and the Board urged continued pressure on ADEQ and the State Land Department over biosolids land application in Yuma County; the county said it has sought legislative changes, met with state officials and will continue to press for alternatives and enforcement.
Vice Chairman Lines opened the meeting by telling residents the Board has spent more than six years asking the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the State Land Department to stop land application of biosolids in Yuma County and to seek alternative disposal outside the county. He said the Board's members had sent formal letters, pursued legislation and met with state officials, including a recent meeting with the ADEQ director and the State Land Department to press for stronger oversight and alternatives.
Resident Rodney Williams told the Board he has decades of experience in agriculture and waste treatment and warned that…
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