By returning nutrients recovered from wastewater to agricultural soils, sewage sludge helps close nutrient cycles and reduces ...

Janet Simoneaux, 68, retired to Lake Como in rural Putnam County before a biosolids company announced plans to dump nearby.

At a water treatment facility in Orlando, engineers are testing technology they hope will help solve one of the most ...

Johnson County farmers say PFAS in biosolids contaminated land and livestock. Tests, lawsuits and an EPA review are now ...

The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility filed a lawsuit on behalf of the farmers and ranchers in Johnson County in June 2024, arguing the EPA failed to identify and regulate ...

Synagro Central LLC has recently applied for a permit to spread class B biosolids on 2,048 acres in Madison County. The company plans to spread the biosolids on eight sites comprised of 86 fields.

Agricultural stakeholders, water quality activists and environmental regulators across the country are becoming increasingly aware that the land application of sewage sludge as a soil supplement and ...

Biosolids aren't tested for forever chemicals before being used as fertilizer in Florida. Testing requirements would help reduce risk, according to St. Johns Riverkeeper. The St. Johns Riverkeeper is ...

PENDLETON – The Pendleton Town Board this week approved a law restricting the application of sewage sludge and related byproducts on town land. The law was a reaction to the controversy in Wheatfield ...

CADILLAC — A town hall-style meeting held last week in Cadillac to discuss PFAS contamination in the groundwater generated a number of questions about the use of biosolids on crop fields. Biosolids ...

In recent years, growing scientific scrutiny and evolving regulatory perspectives have reshaped the understanding of the risks associated with the land application of biosolids and sludges. Concerns ...