Congratulations St. Cloud Public Utilities

On 28-JUN-2016, the City of St. Cloud, MN completed a successful audit for continued platinum certification under the National Biosolids Partnership (NBP), Biosolids Management Program (BMP).

The audit noted that “discussion of the goals and objectives for 2015 resulted in a further clarification of broader longer-term goals that were actually the focus of the goals listed. Those overarching goals were:

• REDUCE THE VOLUME OF BIOSOLIDS TRANSPORTED FROM THE PLANT FROM 2300 LOADS TO 1500 LOADS BY 2020.
• REDUCE THE CONCENTRATION OF PHOSPHORUS IN BIOSOLIDS FROM 7.25 % TO 2.5 % BY 2020
• PRODUCE 1700 DRY TONS PER YEAR OF CLASS A BIOSOLIDS BY 2020.”

The audit provided for postive observations, such as “the plant does an excellent job in portraying the high quality nature of its biosolids, which are land applied to local farms, by transporting the product in immaculately clean stainless steel trucks, similar to milk truck, that carry the St. Cloud logo “Biosolids Management Program”.”

Additionally, the auditor underscored the hard work and dedication of the BMP Team that have ensured the continued success of the program.

Please see the attached audit report for further detail.

2016 ST CLOUD St _Cloud_Interim_Audit_Report-Final 6-28-16