Fact sheet

WEP has a 10-year contract with Waste Stream Environmental for operating a beneficial use facility to process biosolids into N-Viro™ Soil.
N-Viro™ Soil is produced using biosolids from the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant, lime, coal and wood ash in a patented pasteurized process.
N-Viro™ Soil is primarily sold and used as a liming agent on agricultural land, and has also been used for top dressing for golf courses, athletic fields and for horticultural uses.
Since 1994, 625,000 tons of product have been distributed to more than 900 farmers in Central New York with a savings to farmers of $7.5 million in lime costs.
Biosolids recycled in 2001 account for 7% of the total solid waste recycled in Onondaga County (by weight).

Meeting standards

N-Viro™ Soil qualifies as Class A Exceptional Quality Biosolids under EPA 503 Rule and has been in compliance with this Rule since contract inception.
N-Viro™ Soil qualifies as Class I Compost under NYSDEC Part 360 Regulations and has been in compliance with these regulations since contract inception.
N-Viro™ Soil is registered with NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets as an Aglime Product (License #018001).

The New York State Water Environment Association, Inc. awarded WEP its Beneficial Use of Biosolids Award for cost-effective, environmentally safe, and publicly accepted biosolids beneficial use practices (February 2000).
New York State Governor George E. Pataki awarded Waste Stream Environmental with the Governor's Waste Reduction and Recycling Program Innovation Award for exemplary waste reduction and recycling practices in 1998.