Water that goes down the drain from your home and enters the municipal sanitary sewer system carries organics, including materials flushed down the toilet, soaps, detergents and food. Biosolids are the solid organics treated during the wastewater treatment process.

Currently, biosolids are applied to agricultural land as fertilizer or used to restore mining sites. When this is not possible due to weather, it is taken to the landfill for disposal.

Summary and final report for Biosolids Strategy

• Biosolids Master Plan Formal Notice of Completion under the Municipal Class EA process
• Biosolids Strategy Charter
• At a Glance summary
• Biosolids Strategy Final report (2018)
  • Main Report
  • Attachment 1
  • Appendices A to I
  • Appendices J to P

Webinar recordings

• Part 1 - Introduction to Biosolids in Waterloo Region
• Part 2 - What is the Region's Current Biosolids Management Approach
• Part 3 - What are the laws and regulations we follow?
• Part 4 - The Biosolids Strategy Project
• Part 5 - Next Steps
• Part 6 - Questions and Answers