Biosolids
Where does our “poo” go?
Rhinebeck Village operates a Waste Water Treatment Plant, pictured here in an aerial shot.
The sludge from the Village of Rhinebeck’s Waste Water Treatment Plant will now be composted.
After a summer 2021 field trip to Tri-Muni, a nearby wastewater plant that turns their sludge into compost, we met with the Village Highway and Wastewater Departments to learn about options for food scraps and biosolids composting from our RIT P2i partners.
The Waste Water Department went out to bid for a hauler to cart away our sludge, and our sludge will now be composted, rather than incinerated.
The CSC Task Force will continue to research alternative methods of managing biosolids—composting or dehydrating the material on site.
The Rhinebeck Village Waste Water Treatment Plant produces 42 tons of sludge annually. We are excited to say that the sludge will now be composted at Denali, a compost facility in Hillburn, NY. Previously, our sludge was hauled 100 miles to Naugatuck CT, where it was then incinerated.