Bilfinger Berger to Remove Psyttaleia Sludge 12. October 2005 , Athens / Ano Liosia

Vital Sewage Sludge Humification Project for Athens: The Austrian Company will transfer up to 400.000 tons of sludge during the next 3 years.

The Austrian company Bilfinger Berger Baugesellschaft mbH is to remove the sludge from the islet of Psyttaleia, which houses the capital’s main sewage treatment plant, to the Athens landfill in Ano Liosia, while authorities try to come up with a long-term solution to get the muck off their hands.
The Removal and Humification project will come as a relief to authorities, since at least 120,000 tons of sludge had built up on Psyttaleia. Some 700 tons of waste are being added daily.
The buildup of waste began in 2003, when Attica local authorities prevented the Athens Water and Sewage Company (EYDAP), which runs the site, from transferring the sludge to the Ano Liosia landfill. A plan to build a special drying plant had been proposed earlier in the year but Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias said that the project would be assigned to a successful bidder this September and would not be completed for another 2.5 years. 

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