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

New evidence has emerged of threats to the environment and human health posed by around 170,000 truckloads of sludge spread ...

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 ...

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

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

New research from the Environmental Protection Agency warns that PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," are more prevalent ...

Myra Morrison operates a combine on her land in Cabarrus County, where opposition grew to Charlotte Water’s spreading sewage sludge on farmland.

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 ...

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.