Dealing With BS in Merritt

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BS = Bio Solids (sludge from the local septic treatment plant)


We stopped for a couple of nights in Merritt to stay with my sister Kate and her family. Given that Maura deals with solid waste for a living and Kate and John have started a new company "The Sunshine Valley Good Earth Company" that composts bio-solids we needed to see how they are making out. Here are a few pics...

Here is the scoop on the poop. A freshly delivered "load".

Here they mix the poop concentrate with a variety of 'other organic' stuff (see Maura for details) and mix it up real good. The blue mixer then dumps it into the bin below and it is then rotated through the bins you'll see in the next photo.

Here are the bins that the mixture is rotated through. It is mixed regularly to help reintroduce oxygen so the bacteria can continue to break down the poop into compost. The temperatures get pretty high (excuse the pun) and kill all pathogens. The temps can get so hot that the piles can actually catch on fire! Kate is busy taking samples to make sure that temperature, moisture content etc. are where they need to be.

Here is the final product. Piles of rich good earth. Good Earth Rules!