A26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 29,1980
Sewage sludge
(Continued trom Page A 24)
removes 40 percent of the
water and what’s left is the
■'dry” sludge.
This filter cake sludge is
then hauled to farms m
dump trucks and spread
with a Big A dry sludge
applicator, a truck with a
box spreader and high
flotation tires.
Analysis of the South Plant
filter cake sludge has shown
approximately 45 pounds of
nitrogen, 88 pounds of
phosphorus, and 9 pounds of
potassium are applied to
each acre when the
maximum annual rate has
been reached
The City of Lancaster’s
Bureau of Sewers has been
working with Penn State’s
Ray Shipp in coordinating
the sludge program to the
soil limits on the Lancaster
County farms since 1974,
said Van Ziie.
“We try to take soil tests
on all application sites
before any sludge is spread
so we have background
information for comparing
future tests.
“Our sludge samples are
taken twice a year and
tested m our own laboratory.
We check the heavy metal
content in the sludge every
two to three months
We soil test the cropland
where sludge has been ap
plied after 30 dry tons have
been spread ”
In order to dispose of their
annual sludge production the
Lancaster plants need about
600 acres of cropland to
spread on year-round
Although their current
agreements with farmers
Clair Brenneman, Franklin
Myers, Henry Herr and
Harry Byers provides for
over 600 acres of application
sites, Van Zile pointed out he
is always looking for more
farms.
During summer months
when crops prevent sludge
from being spread, the
Bureau of Sewers still has to
get rid of its sludge So, they
pay farmers $25 an acre for
not growing a crop on the
acres needed to carry them
from June to September,
Van Zile explained. A new
plant, scheduled for com
pletion sometime in the next
five years, will provide more
strong capacity, he added.
Van Zile emphasized his
bureau tries to cooperate
with both the Lancaster
County farmers and the
1980
WAbiiiiNij iui\ in
U S consumption ot com
mercial fertilizer for the
year ended June 30 reached
52 6 million tons That s up
two percent from the 51 5
million tons consumed a
year earlier It also topped
the previous high of 516
state's environmental
agency
'lf the fields are too wet
and farmers don’t want us on
their fields, we won’t spread
We don’t want to make
anyone mad,” Van Zile
said • All we ask is that they
try to understand when we
have trouble with
mechanical breakdowns or
personnel shortages and the
need arises to reschedule the
sludge application ”
He noted that there is
always a need for some land
to be lined up in advance for
sludge application, adding
the necessary permits
sometimes take up to a year
and a half to be processed by
DER.
Interested farmers should
contact Bob Bruce at the
North Plant, 291-4811, or Bill
Horst at the South Plant, 291-
4825. The sludge is
distributed on a first come
first serve basis within a 10-
mile radius of each plant
fertilizer consumption up
million luiis consumed in
1976-77
Primary nutrient content
t nitrogen, phosphate and
potash) totaled 23 0 million
tons, up two percent from
laslveai ->picviuiisnigli
Nitrogen consumption, at
114 million tons, was up six
percent from a previous high
of 10 7 million tons a year
earlier, phosphate usage, at
o 4 million ions, ttci 1 ! nil mm
peicuil Mom a }tai taiiß.l
and polasll Use, al o I million
ions, was down one pel eenl
Illinois contmued to lead
all states in fertilizer con
sumption, though it was
pressed by California.
The Illinois total, at 4 50
million tons, was up seven
percent from a year earlier;
California’s total, at 4.47
million tons, was up eleven
percent. lowa remained the
No. 3 fertilizer user with a 3.9
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million ton total that was
down one percent from a
year earlier
Others in the top 10 in
clude Texas, 292 million
tons; Indiana, 284 million
tons; Ohio, 2.37 million tons;
Mu..., ta, 211 million tons;
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Georgia, 2.17 million tons,
Florida, 211 million tons
and Nebraska, 2.03 million
tons
Those 10 states accounted
for 56 percent of the nation’s
total.
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