New Edmonton wastewater facility turns wastewater into fertilizer

A wastewater treatment technology that had its first test in Edmonton more than 10 years ago has returned home to convert phosphorus and other nutrients into three tonnes of fertilizer daily for farm use across Canada.
The $18-million recovery facility at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre is one of the largest in the world and operated by Epcor and B.C.-based Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies.
“We’re demonstrating to the world what can be done,” Ostara chief technology o