In this eBulletin:

Biofest 2026

Master Class with Dr. Sally Brown

Feat. Janine Burke-Wells

NWB Resource Library:

The P Word

Job Listings:

Engineer 1

Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant

City of Portland, Portland OR

Apply today!

Do you have a job opening to advertise? NWB members can email job postings to amy@nwbiosolids.org

NW Biosolids

Board of Directors:

James Dunbar, President

Deidre Bartlett, Vice-President

Brian Campbell, Treasurer

Landon Reigelman, Secretary

Tania Gheseger, Past President

Ben Nydegger

Cat Gowan

JR Inman

Mike Van Ham

MacLeod Pappidas

Mike Gates

Kyle Dorsey

Isaiah Langi

Brian Campbell

Darrell Winans

Kasie Auger

NW Biosolids

Committees:

Education Committee

Deidre Bartlett, Chair

MacLeod Pappidas, Vice-Chair

Sally Brown

Mike Gates

Terry Alber

Cat Gowan

Jori Nelson

Landon Reigelman

Jim Landon

Tyler Ellingboe

Valerie Ward

Anna Beebe

Membership Committee

Mike Van Ham, Chair

Brian Campbell, Vice-Chair

Darrell Winans

Mike Gates

Isaiah Langi

Ben Nydegger

Will Hausa

Outreach Committee

Kasie Auger, Chair

Maile Lono-Batura, Vice-Chair

Steve Wilson

Kyle Dorsey

MacLeod Pappidas

Deveron Musgrave

Darrell Winans

Will Hausa

Research Committee

Tania Gheseger, Chair

Cat Gowan, Vice-Chair

Ben Nydegger

Greg Mockos

Kasie Auger

Faith Rasmussen

Scott Mansell

Thank you to those who attended Biofest 2026, Nuts and Bolts: Taking Care of Business!

It has been a great week in Chelan, full of education and community! We hope to see you next year for Biofest. Please save the dates for Sunday, October 3, 2027 – Tuesday, October 5, 2027 at Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA.

Feat. Janine Burke-Wells

Janine Burke-Wells does not have what you would call the biosolids dream job. She is the director of NEBRA- the North East Biosolids and Residuals Association. This is perhaps the least biosolids friendly region of the country. Hear about how she navigates this landscape and still manages to be one of the leaders in our field.

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The P Word

By Dr. Sally Brown, University of Washington

I get it. I love biosolids with all of my heart. But sometimes the seemingly never-ending concerns/ questions can wear you down. If PFAS every calms down, will microplastics be the next looming concern? For some municipalities, in some places, it can seem like combustion is the only alternative that will really and truly make the migraines go away. Especially when combustion is sold as beneficial use and comes with a new name: pyrolysis or gasification.