Hearings of the International Joint Commission in re remedies for the pollution of boundary waters between the United States and Canada

by International Joint Commission

Mr. Hatton. Yes.

Mr. Powell. Take a million gallons of sewage at the point of delivery here in Detroit, and assume Detroit to be circumstanced or conditioned just the same as Milwaukee is from a sewage standpoint, what would it cost to bring that sewage up to the point at which you take it for the purpose of manufacturing into fertilizer?

Mr. Hatton. It costs $7.81 per million gallons, and we get therefrom practically $3. I am taking the lowest estimate now, making a cost of $4.81 for the treatment of sewage. I think that answers the question.

Mr. Tawney. For 1,000,000 gallons?

Mr. Hatton. Yes; per million gallons.

Mr. Powell. Where does the $3 come in?

Mr. Hatton. It is the profit from the sludge.

Mr. Tawney. Deducting the cost of treating it?

Mr. Hatton. Yes.

Mr. Powell. The actual cost is $4.81.