Choose your septage or grease waste stabilization material carefully and then follow appropriate safety procedures to prepare loads for land application or disposal at a the treatment plant.
Jim Anderson, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water and Climate and recipient of the pumping industry’s Ralph Macchio Lifetime Achievement Award. Email Jim questions about septic system maintenance and operation at editor@pumper.com.
Acolumn I wrote several months ago about alkaline stabilization of septage spurred a few reader questions, so it’s a good time to revisit the use of lime for pathogen reduction, vector control and odors.
To meet the pathogen reduction requirements to land-apply septage, the...
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