Northwest Biosolids Management Association

The Northwest Biosolids Management Association (NBMA) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of sewage sludge as fertilizer. NBMA was founded as a non-profit in 1993. Its members are mostly cities in Washington State, but it also includes members in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and British Columbia.

Involvement in San Francisco Sludge Controversy
In March 2010, NBMA sent a letter of support to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in favor of its sewage sludge compost giveaway program. In their letter, they call sewage sludge "highly regulated, thoroughly researched, beneficial soil amendments."

NBMA Board

 * Manager: Maile Lono-Batura

Board of Directors:
 * President: Duane Leaf, Three Rivers Regional Wastewater Authority
 * Vice President: Tim Cooper, City of Yakima
 * Secretary: Chris Chesson, City of Everett
 * Treasurer: Roy Carlson, City of Richland, WA
 * Dale Arnold, City of Spokane
 * Chantal Babensee, Metro Vancouver, BC
 * Gil Bridges, Mukilteo Water & Wastewater District
 * Greg Charr, City of Portland, OR
 * Chuck Edwards, City of Wilsonville
 * Roberta King, King County, WA
 * Peggy Leonard, King County, WA
 * Rob Lowe, Pierce County, WA
 * Greg Moen, HDR Engineering, Inc.
 * Bill Putnam, City of College Place
 * Carol Ready, Natural Selection Farms
 * Dan Thompson, City of Tacoma
 * Ken Vanderford, City of Eugene
 * Mike Van Ham, SYLVIS Environmental
 * Steve Wilson, Brown & Caldwell
 * Kirk Zempel, City of Tacoma

Members
NBMA lists its members as follows.

Alaska Members:
 * Golden Heart Utilities, Inc.

British Columbia Members:
 * City of Abbotsford
 * Capital Regional District
 * Metro Vancouver (formerly Greater Vancouver Regional District)
 * Kelowna
 * Regional District of Nanaimo
 * Resort Municipality of Whistler

Idaho Members: Boise
 * Couer D'Alene
 * Grangeville
 * Lewiston
 * Meridian
 * Nampa
 * Pocatello
 * Sandpoint
 * Twin Falls

Oregon Members:
 * Albany, OR
 * Ashland
 * Clackamas County Water Environment Services
 * Clean Water Services of Washington County
 * Eugene
 * Gresham
 * Hermiston
 * Hood River
 * Juniper Utility Company
 * Lincoln City
 * Madras, OR
 * McMinnville
 * North Bend
 * Oak Lodge Sanitary District
 * Pacific City Sanitary District
 * Pendleton, OR
 * Portland, OR
 * Redmond
 * Riddle
 * Salem, OR
 * Stayton
 * Toledo, OR
 * Umatilla
 * Wilsonville
 * Winston
 * Woodburn

Washington State members:
 * Aberdeen, WA
 * Alderwood Water District
 * Anacortes
 * Arlington, WA
 * Asotin
 * Bainbridge Island
 * Bellingham
 * Bingen
 * Birch Bay Water & Sewer District
 * Blaine
 * Bremerton
 * Brewster
 * Bridgeport, WA
 * Buckley
 * Burlington, WA
 * Camas
 * Castle Rock
 * Centralia
 * Chehalis
 * Chelan
 * Cheney
 * Clark County Public Works
 * Clarkston
 * College Place
 * Coulee Dam
 * Coupeville
 * Dayton, WA
 * Douglas County Sewer District
 * Duvall
 * Eastsound Sewer & Water District
 * Ellensburg
 * Enumclaw
 * Everett
 * Everson
 * Ferndale
 * Forks
 * Friday Harbor
 * Gig Harbor
 * Grand Coulee
 * Grandview
 * Granite Falls
 * Hoquiam
 * Island County
 * Kalama
 * Kennewick
 * King County Dept. of Natural Resources & Parks
 * Kitsap County Public Works
 * La Conner
 * Lakehaven Utility District
 * Langley, WA
 * Leavenworth, WA
 * Liberty Lake Sewer District
 * LOTT Alliance
 * Lynden
 * Mabton
 * Marysville
 * Midway Sewer District
 * Monroe, WA
 * Mount Rainier National Park
 * Mount Vernon, WA
 * Mukilteo Water District
 * Newport, WA
 * North Bend
 * Oak Harbor
 * Okanogan, WA
 * Olympic View Water & Sewer District
 * Olympus Terrace Sewer District
 * Omak
 * Pacific Beach Sewer District
 * Pasco
 * Pateros
 * Pierce County Public Works & Utilities
 * Pomeroy
 * Port Angeles
 * Port Townsend
 * Prosser
 * Pullman, WA
 * Puyallup
 * Raymond
 * Richland
 * Ritzville
 * Sedro-Woolley
 * Selah
 * Sequim
 * Shelton
 * Skagit County Sewer District
 * Snohomish
 * Snoqualmie Pass Sewer District
 * South Bend, WA
 * South Prairie
 * Southwest Suburban
 * Spokane
 * Spokane County
 * St. John, WA
 * Stevens Pass Sewer District
 * Sultan
 * Sumas
 * Sumner
 * Sunland Water District
 * Sunnyside, WA
 * Tacoma
 * Three Rivers Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (formerly Cowlitz Water Pollution Control)
 * Thurston County Water & Waste Management
 * Vancouver, WA
 * Walla Walla
 * Warden
 * Washington Correction Center
 * Washougal
 * West Sound Utility District (formerly Karcher Creek)
 * Winlock
 * Woodland
 * Yakima
 * Yakima County Public Works
 * Zillah

Contact Information

 * Northwest Biosolids Management Association
 * 201 So. Jackson St
 * KSC-NR-0512
 * Seattle, WA 98104-3855
 * Phone: (206) 694-1145
 * Fax: (206) 263-3485
 * Web: http://www.nwbiosolids.org/

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