The Lebanon City Council approved an intergovernmental agreement Wednesday to begin paying Albany to dispose of excess biosolids from the city’s wastewater treatment process.
The city disposes of the vast majority of the biosolids by applying it to non-food bearing grass seed fields, said Ron Whitlach, Engineering Services director.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality also allows the city to dispose of the biosolids in landfills, said Rob Emmons, Engineering Services supervisor.
“This practice has…