Subcontractor Denali Water Solutions is proposing to spray biosolid sludge taken from the existing Ouray wastewater facility’s lagoons on several fields south of Ridgway. Work could begin in several weeks, although the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has not yet given its approval. Daniel Schmidt — Ouray County Plaindealer
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As construction of the City of Ouray’s new mechanical wastewater treatment plant progresses, contractors have wrestled with what they’ll do with the leftover contents of the old sewer lagoons. They now have a potential solution – to spread roughly 2 million gallons of the treated sludge across 200 acres between Ouray and Ridgway.
