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A recent article in The Hill (Timothy Cama, Sept. 24, “Auditors fault EPA for lax chemical safeguards”) informs us that we are part of a national problem of toxic sewage sludge disposal that impacts ...

While Maine has outlawed sludge as an agricultural fertilizer, preferring to landfill it to stop the spread of the harmful forever chemicals lurking within, California has taken the opposite tack.

The Guidance specifically addresses land application of sewage sludge removed from lagoons. Section 405(d) of the Clean Water Act requires the EPA to: Establish numeric limits and management practices ...

While focused on one area of the United States, the data/conclusions are presumably relevant to other parts of the country. The Report concludes that Northeast sewage sludge management infrastructure ...

Darlington County’s Robbie O’Neal has been outspoken about how unsuspecting farmers who used sludge as fertilizer later ...

A Pittsburgh-based sludge disposal startup said it has closed on a strategic investment that included EQT CEO Toby Z. Rice. Orbital Biocarbon Inc., which builds disposal systems for wastewater ...

The growing textile industry is one of the world’s largest producers of solid waste, which requires significant levels of treatment before it can be disposed of. Establishing the final destination of ...

A bill sitting on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk could soon allow Aurora to dispose of lime sludge in a mine on the northeast side of town. House Bill 3095 recently passed the state Senate, with state Sen.

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