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Pat Byrne

Pat Byrne

Analyst at Bluefield Research covering emerging water contaminants (including PFAS), biosolids management, and water policy; guest on The Future of Water podcast.

Sep 29, 2026

The Future of Water

The Future of Water

A US$4.8 Billion Municipal Biosolids Market With Nowhere To Put the Sludge

Sep 29 · 41m

Reese Tisdale
Reese TisdaleHOST
16:34
I guess the question is, where does it go? Who gets stuck with the bill? What happens to the farmer, rate payer? Any thoughts on that?
Pat Byrne
Pat ByrneGUEST
16:42
Yeah.
Pat Byrne
Pat ByrneGUEST
16:42
I mean, that really is the million, if not like you were alluding to, maybe the billion-dollar question of all this.
Pat Byrne
Pat ByrneGUEST
16:49
So yeah, I mean, there are three pathways for biosolids right now in the US.
Pat Byrne
Pat ByrneGUEST
16:55
That's incineration, landfill, and land spreading.
Pat Byrne
Pat ByrneGUEST
16:59
There are other pathways, but those are the big three.
Pat Byrne
Pat ByrneGUEST
17:02
With the incinerators, like you mentioned, only 56 plants in the country that are running them.

15 MINS LATER

Reese Tisdale
Reese TisdaleHOST
31:48
So anything else to add or closing thoughts on sort of the topic or what you're thinking? I guess like the only thing I

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