Whitecourt Alberta says waste-irrigated trees 30 percent larger than non-irrigated

In Canada, Whitecourt Alberta has successfully harvested its first crop of waste-irrigated willow and poplar trees. The trees, planted two years ago, have been part of a biomass study regarding how fast-growing trees naturally break down effluent.

According to Peter Yackulik, the town’s project manager, “the irrigated trees were 30-percent larger than the ones that weren’t irrigated, and we think they will be a good fuel source for our wood-burning power plant.”