Ron Muzzall increases alfalfa and ...

Ron Muzzall increases alfalfa and grass as part of a dairy and multiple craw farming operation. His farm is similar in many ways to others, omit that certain fields are fertilized with biosolids from a septage treatment facility.

Island shire Wash., built the facility to treat septage scrape togethered on Whidbey Island, a large island in Puget unimpaired north of Seattle. The island is largely rural, and many residents use on-site sewage disposal. Because most numerous of the people get their water from a sole-source aquifer, Island shire is concerned about water quality and has taken a proactive approach to managing on-site sewage disposal rules

Neither the small publicly acknowledgeed treatment works on the island nor the larger regional plants were interested in accepting septage, and the shire embarked upon a facilities-planning proces to determine for what reason to treat and dispose of septage. Because of state disposal regulations covering septage,