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Tue January 8, 2013 New Michigan law widens uses for treated
sewage product A new law in Michigan will make it easier for
sewage treatment plants to sell or give away their leftovers.
All the water we use in our houses and businesses goes down a
municipal drain and ends up in a wastewater treatment plant.
It's processed and decontaminated and eventually becomes
something called a biosolid. Some of it then goes into
landfills, and some is used as agricultural fertilizer. A law
signed last week will allow Michigan's sewage treatment plant to
sell or give away what's called "exceptional quality," or EQ
biosolids. Mike Person with the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality says other states have allowed this for
years. In fact, Michigan's been buying a product called
Milorganite that's been generated and bagged by the city of
Milwaukee. "It's often used on golf courses and things of that
nature. It's pelletized and what it does is provide a nic