News Items tag as: biosolids

City of Kamloops responds to biosolids rally at City Hall
May 30, 2019 - 3:12 PM

KAMLOOPS — The City of Kamloops has responded to a biosolids rally outisde of city hall today.
iN VIDEO: City of Kamloops responds to biosolids protests, concerns with tour of sewage treatment centre
May 17, 2019 - 8:44 AM

KAMLOOPS - In response to protests against the use of biosolids for fertilizer on and near farm land in the area, the City of Kamloops offered both protestors and media a tour of the sewage treatment centre.
City of Kamloops awards contract for short-term biosolids management
December 07, 2018 - 5:04 PM

KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops has awarded a two-year biosolids management contract.
Here’s why parts of Kamloops smell bad this week
September 01, 2018 - 2:14 PM

KAMLOOPS - You weren’t imagining it, something smells bad in the west end of Mission Flats Road in Kamloops.
Central Okanagan communities buy their way out of sewage sludge controversy
September 13, 2017 - 8:00 PM

While Kelowna, Vernon and Kamloops are struggling to deal with excess biosolids, West Kelowna, Peachland and the Westbank First Nation have paid to have the problem go away.
OgoGrow just got a lot cheaper, but you're going to need a bigger truck
September 12, 2017 - 8:00 PM

KELOWNA - With a small mountain of the garden compost piling up, Kelowna council has made a move to boost the sale of OgoGrow.
Kamloops biosolids not accumulating as quickly as first thought
June 22, 2016 - 11:36 AM

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops can hold it a little bit longer.
Space constraints mean Kamloops biosolids facility can't hold it much longer
April 20, 2016 - 4:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - If you have ever felt like you are running out of places to store all your stuff, you can probably understand what the city is going through right now. Just their stuff is biosolids, so it's really your stuff, and they are quickly running out of room to store all of it.
Kamloops explores options to deal with biosolids
December 10, 2015 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS – All sewage treatment centres produce biosolids. The question for the City of Kamloops is what to do with them.
Why municipalities around the province are watching this crappy situation for West Kelowna
December 03, 2015 - 4:35 PM

WEST KELOWNA - Westside residents expecting costs for sewage treatment would stabilize this fall shouldn’t hold their breath.
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