Rising disposal fees, diminishing disposal sites and hauling grease 100 miles to the treatment plant motivated John Ball of Roto-Rooter in Lewiston, Idaho, to turn his dream into action.Ball had envisioned his own treatment plant since he and John Freand bought Roto Rooter in 1997. When ex-farmer Scott Meyer joined the partners, they agreed that the time was approaching to do something. The men started talking about dewatering the waste and land applying the biosolids. In 2002, they formed Clearwater Tech LLC and jumped into the unknown.Despite two false starts, turning Ball’s dream into reality wasn’t difficult. Today, the plant,
