Tours of local waste and water treatment facilities this fall

PARK CITY, Utah —Recycle Utah has scheduled not just one, but four tours of local waste collection and treatment facilities in Summit County. All tours require preregistration. Register for the tour you wish to attend at the links below. Carpooling is encouraged.

Spoil to Soil Tour

This minority woman owned business is a commercial composting facility. They create mulch products, compost, topsoil, and woodchips from 100 % of the green waste that comes into their facility. Spoil to Soil tests and screens the compost that goes back into the community.

One of their big focuses is to ensure they do not go anaerobic in their compost windrows. When a compost pile goes anaerobic it produces methane. They are even adding methane detection sensors to prevent this.

They are licensed under Utah Department of Environmental Quality as a licensed solid waste facility for green waste while using a slight variant of the Berkeley Hot Compost method. They are also a USDA Compost farm. This tour will be held outdoors on Sept. 16 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 7756 W Lower Bowl Rd, Peoa, UT 84061.

Summit County Landfill Tour

Tour the Summit County Landfill at 6550 Three Mile Canyon, Coalville on Sept. 23 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. This tour lets you see where Summit County’s waste goes and learn about the challenges with waste disposal. This Solid Waste Landfill (MSW) collects household garbage and is regulated by the Summit County Solid Waste Division and the Utah State Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste. Household Hazardous Waste is collected at the Three Mile Canyon Landfill to protect groundwater and surface water.

Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District

On Oct. 9 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. you can tour the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District at 2800 Homestead Rd, Park City, UT 84098. The Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District provides state-of-the-art wastewater collection and reclamation services for western Summit County, i.e. the Snyderville Basin, which includes Park City. SBWRD collects wastewater from approximately 13,000 homes and businesses in the area.

3 Kings Water Treatment Plant Tour

Tour the newest water treatment plant in our area on Oct. 16 from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at 1884 Three Kings Drive Park City, UT 84060. This facility was built in 2024 to improve efficiency, increase water treatment capacity, meet regulation requirements, and replace existing aging infrastructure. Discover the new water treatment technologies.