Comments on: Recycled Water, Real Snow: Big Sky’s Path to a Greener Ski Season

By: Imants Smildzins

Imants Smildzins — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:12:43 +0000

This is good example of thinking outside the box for wastewater management. It does depend on some expensive technology to make it work and for the areas that experience drought it sure does make sense to recharge aquifers if the soils are suitable. Employing use of fertilizers made from the sewer plants would also be beneficial for ski resorts instead of synthetic fertilizers.
We need more sustainable projects like this to encourage better use of resources. Good work Big Ski!

By: David Schissler

David Schissler — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:49:47 +0000

Actually Ken, Killington recycles wastewater from its lodges and returns the water to the lodges for flushing toilets. They do not use any of the 35,000 gallons they treat daily for snowmaking purposes. Their snow guns require 9 to 10 million gallons of water per day, most of which is drawn from the Ottauquechee River and the Woodward Reservoir.

By: Kenneth Roth

Kenneth Roth — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:04:37 +0000

Nothing new here. Killington has been recycling waste water for years.