As part of the agency’s efforts to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the EPA released a draft risk assessment for use of sewage sludge that is land-applied as a soil conditioner or ...

Sewage sludge is usually the part nobody wants to think about. It is costly to handle, hard to get rid of, and after ...

A new process is changing the definition of waste from an inherently expensive burden in wastewater treatment plants, a part ...

The use of treated municipal wastewater effluent for irrigated agriculture offers an opportunity to conserve water resources. Water reclamation can also provide an alternative to disposal in areas ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 27, 2025) With the confluence of science and law, the spotlight is on sewage sludge fertilizer and its contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Most people don’t like to think about what happens to human waste once it’s flushed away but for Bryan Clor and others working on the receiving end at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) it’s a ...

Anti-sludge signs dotted the roadsides of rural Newton and McDonald Counties on Feb. 24. GRANBY — About a year after Blair Powell built his dream home in the southwest Missouri Ozarks, a noxious smell ...

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Though biosolids are regulated by standards from the state Department of Environmental Protection and the federal Environmental Protection Agency, that hasn’t stopped municipalities and counties from ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...