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Expensive waste — Why Hall County is getting out of the sludge-processing business

Operations trainee Tyree Robertson inspects sludge Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, as it is in the final processing stages at the Spout Springs Wastewater Facility. The Hall County Landfill will no longer accept sludge, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, starting July 1. - photo by Scott Rogers

02162020 SLUDGE 2.jpg — Operations trainee Tyree Robertson inspects sludge Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, as it is in the final processing stages at the Spout Springs Wastewater Facility. The Hall County Landfill will no longer accept sludge, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, starting July 1. - photo by Scott Rogers

Sludge, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, has to go somewhere. But the process to dispose of it is costing Hall County quite a lot.