The department is paying an estimated $200,000 for that initial treatment.Īnother 320 acres of land were scheduled to be treated by Tuesday through the landowner of the tilling farm reported to have caused the rise in blowing dust, Oppleman said. Water is added to the solution so workers can spray the chemical stabilizer onto the dirt from its trucks.Īpproximately 320 acres of land were sprayed with water and treated with the solution this past Saturday, said Caroline Oppleman, an ADEQ spokeswoman. Soilworks has finished spraying 45,000 gallons of Gorilla-Snot to treat the affected areas, Clark said. It will “UV biodegrade six to 12 months depending upon the application rate, but it will eventually decompose and be OK,” she said. Gorillas are a strong animal, hence the name.

When Soilworks was looking to name the product, Clark said people thought it felt like snot and they believed it to be a strong, working solution. This chemical stabilizer “will actually be a more long-term remedy,” Franquist said. Though it looks and smells like glue, Gorilla-Snot creates a 3-D-like cap over the dirt and prevents dust from rising, said Karol Clark, marketing manager at Soilworks. “And, according to the manufacturer, it can last up to six months if applied correctly,” he said. “It should be almost an immediate remedy when it dries out and makes that crust,” Franquist said. The company expects to chemically stabilize approximately 640 acres of land, said Timothy Franquist, ADEQ’s air quality division deputy director. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality contracted Soilworks to mitigate the dust problems caused by a tilling farm near San Simon.

The southeastern portion of the I-10 has been reopened, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. That’s what local Arizona company Soilworks calls its Gorilla-Snot fix to the blowing dust that resulted in a 62-mile stretch of Interstate 10 being closed multiple times during the past several weeks. A mini-model of the trucks Soilworks uses to distribute and spray the ‘Gorilla-Snot’ solution.

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