Researchers have developed a simplified, sustainable method of converting sewage sludge from wastewater treatment into high-value activated carbon that can be used in a wide range of industrial and ...

Issue No. 4After you wash your hands, the water goes down the drain. Did you know that beyond that point, we can not only ...

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 ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. Exposure to ...

Central Otago's mayor and councillors have written to Queenstown Lakes District Council about Wānaka sludge being spread near Lauder.

Five months ago, I wrote the following.Because sewage collects industrial and domestic wastewater, there is a possibility that these substances are contained in sewage sludge. Overseas, cases have bee ...

Over the past few years I have become an academic expert in "sewage sludge" – the residual, semi-solid mix of excrement packed with microorganisms that is left behind within wastewater treatment ...

How to understand the E.P.A.’s new warning about PFAS levels in sewage sludge. By Hiroko Tabuchi (Editors note: We are continuing to cover the Los Angeles fires. Scroll down for more on the latest.) ...

Sludge, a byproduct of sewage treatment, is often spread on fields as fertilizer. But growing research shows that toxic chemicals like PFAS are lurking in the muck — and getting into our food. Sludge, ...

Over the past few years I have become an academic expert in “sewage sludge” – the residual, semi-solid mix of excrement packed with microorganisms that is left behind within wastewater treatment ...