A state study found PFAS in sewage sludge, soil and water across North Carolina. Despite widespread use on farmland, there ...

A pilot study of a new method for treating sewage sludge from a wastewater treatment plant efficiently created renewable natural gas while reducing the cost of the treatment. The work, reported in the ...

Brevard County considers extending its ban on sewage sludge, or biosolids, which contain 'forever' chemicals and pollute ...

What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...

Still, engineers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) thought they could do even better, so they turned to sludge, which is basically the material that settles out of water when it goes ...

Troy has received a state grant to help bring wastewater residue ponds into compliance with environmental permit standards ...

What is Refinery Oil Sludge, Why is it Toxic, and How is it Disposed Of? Vast amounts of refinery oil sludge are produced from the process of crude oil refining. Refinery oil sludge contains toxic ...

Using sewage sludge – one of two end products from any wastewater treatment plant (the other is effluent) – as fertilizer on food crops is a hotly debated food safety issue, but only among a very ...