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B.C. biosolids maker denies claims its products harmed Texas farmers

Synagro says treated sewage end-products met requirements and benefit agricultural lands
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Synagro, which built and operates a CRD facility that helps produce the region’s biosolids, has responded to a lawsuit brought on by Texas farmers who said the company’s product made them sick. Pictured is the CRD’s residuals treatment facility at Hartland landfill. (Courtesy of Synagro)

The company that helps produce the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) biosolids rejects claims its similar products made Texas farmers and their animals sick.

Synagro Technologies is the majority equity holder of the contractor that built the regional district’s residual treatment facility at Hartland landfill. It also has a 20-year contract to operate the facility that makes the dried treated-wastewater granules.

In a civil lawsuit brought forward in February, five Johnson County, Texas, plaintiffs claim their farms were polluted by toxic chemicals in a biosolids-based fertilizer produced by Synagro after a neighbouring property spread the product on its crops.

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Jake Romphf

About the Author: Jake Romphf

In early 2021, I made the move from the Great Lakes to Greater Victoria with the aim of experiencing more of the country I report on.
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