Biosolids Land Application Oversight Information
The purpose for Biosolids Land Application oversight is to prevent negative impacts to public health and the environment from land applied biosolids.
Since 1998, the issue of the land application of biosolids/treated sewage sludge has been the subject of two separate efforts to guide public policy in San Luis Obispo County. Both efforts included public and local agency participation in working groups. In 1998, concern over a proposal to apply biosolids to a ranch to grow alfalfa near San Miguel led the Health Commission to form a task force. The Health Commission Task Force explored the subjects of wastewater treatment practices in San Luis Obispo County, the disposition of locally generated material, biosolids land application issues, federal, state and local regulations and oversight of the practices involved. Since that time, an interim ordinance was developed to maintain historical levels of land application using only A/EQ treated biosolids until a permanent ordinance is drafted. Land application of biosolids requires review and approval by the Environmental Health Services Division.
References
- San Luis Obispo County Treated Sewage Sludge/Biosolids Land Application Task Force Report and Recommendations, March 12, 2002
- Hard Facts About the Risks and Benefits of Using Treated Sewage Sludge/Biosolids on Land (English version)
- Verdades Acerca de los Riesgos y Beneficios del uso de las Aguas Residuales Tratadas Lodo/Biosolidos en el Suelo(En espanol)
- Treated Sewage Sludge/Biosolids and Its Application to Land in San Luis Obispo County(English version)
- Treated Sewage Sludge/Biosolids and Its Application to Land in San Luis Obispo County(Spanish version)
- Prohibitions in the Land Application of Biosolids(English version)
- Prohibitions in the Land Application of Biosolids(Spanish version)
- Ordinance for the Land Application of Biosolids (2016)
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