Sweet Pea Sewer and Septic land-applies its septage at several locations around Missoula and Hamilton, Montana. The reason is simple: Land-applying waste is about half the cost of disposing it at the local municipal treatment plant, says Adam Bartels, who co-owns the company with longtime friend Russ Hood.
But the company saves even more money by using two Maxi Screen 400 trash-screening units made by ScreencO Systems. The units filter out debris and trash, eliminating the need to hire workers to “walk the line” and pick up trash in the fields after spreading waste, he says.One Maxi Screen unit is located
