A new report is highlighting the potential health risks of using sewage sludge as farmland fertilizer. According to the ...

Watermen are asking state agencies to pause the practice of using sewage sludge as fertilizer. They worry that toxic “forever ...

Sludge generated by Charlotte Water plants is recycled on more than 17,000 acres of private farmland in North and South ...

A new EPA report warns that PFAS in biosolids may contaminate water and food. In NC, past use as fertilizer threatens ...

Approach removes the “forever chemicals” from wastewater and addresses carbon footprint of wastewater treatment ...

In 2024, 1,600 gallons of toxic foam containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or "forever chemicals," ...

Johnson County is seeking federal assistance, saying its farmland has become dangerously contaminated with “forever chemicals ...

The recovery is part of Tokyo's effort to transform a large portion of the sewage sludge generated in one of the largest cities in the world into vegetable fertilizer. The aim is reducing Japan ...

Charlotte Water “is closely monitoring” a new federal report on potential health risks of sewage sludge spread on farmland as fertilizer — a practice the utility has used for years.

MOREAU — Clean Air Action Network, which worked for years to block Saratoga Biochar Solutions from building a fertilizer ...

On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its “Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment ...

Johnson County commissioners have issued a disaster declaration after tests found forever chemicals in soil, water and animal tissue on agricultural land.