Expensive waste — Why Hall County is getting out of the sludge-processing business - Gainesville Times

None of the local governments have decided where their sludge will go starting in July, but they have been communicating with one another. Those conversations are just beginning, and Yamala said the county wanted to notify the municipalities early so they could have a plan in place.

“I think it’s well worth the time and effort to work collectively,” Lula City Manager Dennis Bergin said at a Feb. 10 city work session, telling council members the city needs a long-term solution rather than a short-term fix. 

Lula may end up taking its sludge out of state, Bergin said.

Flowery Branch City Manager Bill Andrew said the South Hall city is still getting quotes from other landfills for its sludge. There will be a budget impact but just how much is not clear yet, he said.

Flowery Branch also anticipates that it will have to travel far to dispose of its sludge.

“It looks like it’s becoming more and more difficult statewide to find a home for this stuff,” Andrew said.

The Gainesville Department of Water Resources takes its water treatment plant sludge to the Hall County Landfill and is looking at alternatives for after July 1, city spokeswoman Christina Santee said. All of Gainesville’s sludge does not end up at the county landfill, though. Sludge from the city’s wastewater treatment plants is transported by a company named Waste Eliminator to Redbone Ridges Landfill in Ranger, Santee said.

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