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Innovative sewage solutions pitched to replace Bellingham’s aging system

Proposals include turning sludge into toilet paper or drying sludge on heated, rotating disks

  • Nov. 24, 2023 5:05 a.m.
  • Updated Nov. 27, 2023 9:19 a.m.
Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant next to the waterfront blocked off by railroad tracks.
Bellingham officials are reviewing four proposals from firms across the U.S. who would update the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant in Fairhaven. Officials asked applicants to come up with a process more sustainable than the 50-year-old incinerators the city uses now. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
By Ralph Schwartz Staff Reporter
The future of sewage treatment in Bellingham might involve high heat without fire, or water that is

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