City of Fortuna to Offer Free Compost
Press release from the City of Fortuna:
The City of Fortuna will once again host a promotional give-away for Exceptional Quality (EQ) Class A compost for beneficial reuse as a soil amendment to your property or place of residence beginning on Monday March 23rd and continuing until Thursday April 9th.The Days of the giveaway are Monday thru Thursday and Saturday 3/28 and 4/4 If supplies remain then appointments can be made to pick compost up by calling 707-725-1476.
Loading hours will be from 9am to 3:00pm each day at our facility located at 180 Dinsmore Drive. As per the City’s Biosolids Management Plan, the public will be limited to 2½ cubic yards (roughly one full-size pickup truck load) of material per address per year. Small pickup trucks should hold 1½ cubic yards. Everyone will be required to sign a “Hold Harmless” release of liability, when picking up the compost. Drivers must have proper tarps for covering compost while transporting from the facility. Tarps are NOT provided by the City. No pickups with canopies will be loaded by City staff.
Please use the Corporation Yard entrance (2nd gate past the bridge) when picking up the compost. Vehicles entering the Corporation Yard can proceed directly to the loading area by following the signs. If you have any questions, you may call (707) 725-1476.
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Also known as “night soil”
Gaslighting? (lol)
No, not Night Soil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil
Actually that’s exactly what their compost is, I dont think I’d be growing my carrots and spuds in that compost. Shrubs maybe but not edible garden stuff.
A lot of Humboldt farmers use this on their fields.
Kind of like the “recycled” water that gets used on large scale ag operations, like lettuce or other ground crops. And we end up with repeated recalls for food contamination because some pathogen or another only found in wastewater was used for irrigation. And people worry about manure?
I wasn’t aware of recycled water on food crops. I see it used on lawn irrigation and landscaping, they have a little sign that say’s its recycled and not to drink.
According to the bio-solids agreement with California state waterboard generated in 2011 , handing the compost created from sewage solids out all willy-nilly to be spread in residential areas does not meet the criteria spelled out.
Image edit from document found at link.
That they might very well be blatantly violating the agreement with California waterboard aside, the idea of spreading this composted sludge in residential areas or gardens where children (most vulnerable ) might play, seems against common sense.
To rattle this cage call the California Waterboard and complain.
CA Waterboards page on discharge related to compost operations.
77 pages of rules, actually. It’s a bit more than just keeping a berm around a manure or waste pit to keep out of drainage to streams. Any fertilizers or additives I use have to be of my own creation (e.g. grass clippings) as I have pets and backyard chickens I’d rather not have to take to the vet or put down because something foul was put on the yard and they’re sick as a result.
Yeah, they are ignoring the not for home use caveat and have for many years.
But, considering the stench that hovers over the town for months, with NCUAQMD turning a blind eye while repairs to the poop-soup-digester proceed at a snail’s pace –unmonitored despite complaints- this should not come as a surprise. …. good old boys…
Or forever chemicals…
Maybe I’m pooh poohing the idea…
But…
Is this an offer too good to be true…???
It sure sounds like it, to me…
Emphasis on this stated requirement…
“Everyone will be required to sign a “Hold Harmless” release of liability, when picking up the compost.”
No thanks…
The “hold harmless” thing is because of the many toxic and harmful things that remain inn sewage after composting. Hormones, chemotherapy poisons and live viruses survive.
DO NOT USE ON FOOD CROPS OR MEDICINAL HERBS OR WHERE PETS AND CHILDREN PLAY