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Previous Events

Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Innovative Biosolids Use in Our Backyard • 6/27/08 • Vancouver, British Columbia
SYLVIS Environmental and Metro Vancouver hosted this workshop and field day highlighting biosolids uses in parks, demonstration gardens, green building, methane capture and leachate treatment.
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Biosolids Research: Our Knowledge is Growing • 6/11/08 • WSU-Puyallup, WA
Washington State University researchers provided updates on their NBMA funded projects, a tour of their dry biosolids product research plots and a hands-on soil quality exercises: infiltration, bulk density, field and soil texture and compaction.

Annual Biosolids Management Conference • Biosolids XX: Survival of the Fittest
The NBMA is celebrating it's 20th Annual Biosolids Management Conference in Chelan, WA on September 9-11.

Building a Class A Biosolids Program • Sequim, WA
This NBMA General Membership Meeting and Tour was held at the City of Sequim's Biosolids Prodution Facility on July 12, 2007. Learn about NBMA activities over the past year and participate in a roundtable discussion of biosolids happenings around the Pacific Northwest. The afternoon will feature an overview and tour of the Sequim Biosolids Program overview.
Tour Pictures

Visiting Scientist Seminar • Biosolids & Reclaimed Water Research Down Under
Dr. Michael Warne, Senior Research Scientist, SCIRO Australia, presented a talk on biosolids regulations in Australia and trends in biosolids and reclaimed water use 'down under' on June 15, 2007.

Biodiesel Fever Tour • Sunnyside, WA and Echo, OR
This field day featured Northwest farmers that are utilizing biosolids to grow renewable fuel crops such as canola to produce biodiesel. Participants toured Natural Selection Farms (Sunnyside, WA) and Madison Farms (Echo, OR). Click on the heading to view the field day fact sheet.
Madison Farms Presentation
Field Day Pictures

Producing & Using Dry Biosolids Products Workshop
This workshop, held on October 12, featured presentations from Pierce County, WA; Washington State University (WSU) and other agenies in the Northwest who are using biosolids drying technologies. Participants toured Pierce County's new pellet facility, the City of Sumner's biosolids drying operation and WSU's turf research site.

Eugene • OR From Process to Product Meeting and Tour
Click on the heading to view tour pictuers of the July 13 tour of the City of Eugene Biosolids Managementand Biocycle Fertilizer in Eugene, Oregon.

Benefits of Good Biosolids Management Workshops
The Northwest Associations would like to invite you to attend a workshop on the Benefits of Good Biosolids Management. These will be offered around the Pacific Northwest during October at no-cost. Continuing education units will be offered (0.4 CEUs pending approval).

October 11 - Clackamas Community College; Clackamas, OR
October 13 - Madison Farms; Hermiston, OR
October 18 - Best Western Peppertree Inn; Liberty Lake, WA
October 20 - Pierce Co. Env. Services Bldg.; University Place, WA

BC Biosolids Growing Media Field Day and Meeting
Click on the heading to view tour pictuers of the October 27 tour of the J.A.M.E.S Wastewater Treatment Plant and Val-E-Gro soil products fabrication facility, located near Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Focus on New Technologies at King County Tour
Click on the heading to view a few tour pictures of King County's South Treatment Plant on June 9, 2005.

From Mines to Habitat Field Day
Click on the heading to view pictures from the November 18, 2004 field day at Construction Aggregates Limited in Sechelt, BC.

Biosolids & Biodiesel: Sustainable Farm Practices in Central Washington
Click on heading to view pictures from the June 3, 2004 meeting at Natural Selection Farms (NSF) in Sunnyside, WA. Attendees learned how biosolids are playing an additional role in the sustainability cycle to recreate a renewable fuel source - biodiesel. We visited canola field plots where NSF and the University of Washington are conducting their research and also visited the on-farm composting facility.