Sludge, a byproduct of wastewater treatment, often harbors hazardous substances such as heavy metals and excess nutrients ...

Regulator and government accused of colluding with water industry to dump potentially toxic waste without oversight Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year ‘A Trojan ...

Sewage sludge at the Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant before it is thickened for land use is pictured on Friday, February 14, 2025. In these bubbling basins, you’ll find some of the hardest workers ...

Young’s Creek at Young’s Park on March 21. The area upstream of the Franklin Wastewater Treatment Plant was not affected by the sludge spill. The city of Franklin was fined $15,600 after 36,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

What comes out of our wastewater treatment plants may not be very appealing, but the real problem is what is left behind after water treatment. Wastewater plants produce a liquid sludge that is ...

Mary Grace has lived in Durham for decades, but she is deeply concerned about an invisible threat in her community. “People are hurting. People are getting cancer. People are dying because of this, ...

Each year, the United States produces more than 12 million tons of sludge – the thick mixture of solid and liquid matter left over from processing wastewater and raw sewage in treatment plants. And it ...