Lystek’s Southgate OMRC Awarded WEAO Exemplary Biosolids Management Award – Full Scale Operating Facility
June 27 2024 - 8:30AM
Lystek’s Southgate Organic Material Recovery Centre (OMRC) has been
awarded the 2023 Exemplary Biosolids Management Award in the
category of Full-Scale Operating Facility by the Water Environment
Association of Ontario (WEAO).
The Southgate OMRC celebrated its 10th
anniversary in 2023 while surpassing a major milestone with over
one million cubic meters of LysteGro biosolids fertilizer produced,
sold, and applied to local agricultural lands. The Southgate OMRC
has built a strong and growing market for LysteGro® fertilizer in
the Township of Southgate and surrounding counties - working with
over 300 agricultural customers to fertilize more than 75,000 acres
of land.
Lystek Southgate OMRC - Image
The Southgate OMRC provides a sustainable and
reliable biosolids and residuals management option to generators
across Ontario. The Southgate OMRC, located in Dundalk, Ontario, in
the Township of Southgate, was designed and built, and is owned and
operated, by Lystek International (Lystek). The OMRC began
operations in 2013 and has serviced over 30 Ontario utilities and
private generators. These customers include some of Southern
Ontario’s largest communities, including: the Cities of Toronto,
Hamilton, and Guelph, and Regions of Waterloo, Halton, and Peel, as
well as many other small to medium sized neighboring communities
such as the Towns of Orangeville, Shelburne, Arthur, and Durham
among others.
Using Lystek’s patented Lystek THP® technology
the Southgate OMRC has the capacity to receive up to 150,000 tonnes
of dewatered or liquid biosolids and non-hazardous organic
materials and processes these residuals into LysteGro®. This
facility is able to process residuals seven days a week, up to 24
hours a day, to accommodate seasonal variation, with shipping and
receiving occurring from Monday to Saturday. Lystek directly
employs an operations team of 14 at the facility. Lystek also works
closely with local land application contractors, Highland Custom
Farming and Saugeen Agri, which employ an additional 10+
individuals to service our agricultural customers.
Southgate OMRC Operations Team pictured together June
2024 - Image
Lystek’s Operations Manager, Simon Meulendyk, attended the WEAO
Annual Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario on May 6th, 2024 to
receive the award on behalf of Lystek.
“We are excited and humbled to receive this
award and thank WEAO, the awards committee members, and our valued
customers and the community for your continued support. This award
would not have been possible without our dedicated and professional
staff. Our team is the reason this facility is the most reliable in
the business! We look forward to many more successful years
servicing Southern Ontario.” Simon Meulendyk - Operations Manager
Lystek International
Award - Image
About Lystek
Lystek International, a division of the Tomlinson Group of
Companies, is North America's leading provider of Thermal
Hydrolysis solutions for the sustainable management of biosolids
and organics, servicing over 60 public and private customers.
Lystek THP® converts biosolids and non-hazardous organic residuals
into a high-solids liquid, multi-use product for full cycle
resource recovery. These products and processes include LysteMize®
anaerobic digestion and LysteGro® a nutrient-rich biosolids
fertilizer. LysteGro is a high solids (13-16% total solids), Class
A quality liquid biosolids fertilizer that is easily stored,
transported, and applied using conventional liquid handling
equipment and is regulated as a fertilizer product in Canada and
the state of California. Lystek offers turnkey solutions including
technology supply, design-build and installation services, regional
processing solutions, and comprehensive LysteGro product
management.
For more information, please contact: Lystek Head Office –
888-501-6508