TREMONT - State environmental officials will hold a public hearing for a controversial biosolids facility in western Schuylkill County. Natural Soil Products is seeking a minor permit modification…

Pennsylvania farms that have used biosolids as fertilizer showed variable and concerning levels of PFAS in a study conducted by Stroud Water Research Center scientist Diana Oviedo-Vargas. The amount a...

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To the Editor: Environmental justice and community accountability are under threat as plans progress for the Clinton Regional Biosolids Hub. Rushing a massive, regional sludge facility into a local community without giving residents a direct voice or clear answers is completely unacceptable. We must demand full transparency regarding how this facility will impact local air […]

The Public Works Commission is scheduled to recommend City Council approve a five-year agreement with Pine River Area Sanitation District for biosolids disposal and to pursue engineering, grants and contingency disposal options if Pine River becomes unavailable.

If you grow vegetables, raise chickens, or have kids who play in the yard, check your bags of soil and fertilizer for the word "biosolids." 💩 "Biosolids" means sewage sludge. That's everything that ...

City staff said Ocean Shores will submit a Biosolids PFAS Sampling and Analysis Plan required by Ecology and currently is scheduled to test biosolids once; staff expect to finalize the plan and submit it for review within days.

The major secondary route connecting Saskatoon to Highway 11 was closed in July to replace two underground pipelines running to a biosolids facility in the RM of Corman Park.

The Levy County Planning Commission voted to recommend a text amendment allowing site-specific yard-trash and class B biosolids recycling as a special exception, adding locational and design limits including ARR zoning, minimum parcel criteria, setbacks and regulatory oversight.

AbstractThe widespread use of biosolids as an agricultural soil amendment has raised concerns about the release of organic contaminants into the environment. This study identifies biosolids-associated organic contaminants (BOCs) in soils from municipal biosolid-amended plots across the United States. Soil samples were collected from 18 sites in 15 states, representing biosolids applications from the 1980s to the present. Samples were taken at three depths (30, 90, and 180 cm) from plots with no, low, and high application histories. Samples were extracted using QuEChERS and analyzed by liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) using a nontargeted analysis (NTA) approach. A total of 111 BOCs were detected across biosolid-amended plots. BOCs were detected most frequently in surface soils (30 cm), with significantly fewer detections at subsurface depths (p < 0.001). Cumulative loading rate and application frequency were significant predictors of the number of BOCs detected (p = 0.003 and p = 0.017, respectively). Quality-adjusted hazard scores for human health, ecological impact, and environmental fate identified 4-nitrophenol (44%), PFBS (41%), and miconazole (38%), among others as the highest-priority BOCs. This NTA-hazard prioritization workflow provides a strategy for identifying compounds warranting further evaluation for potential environmental and human health risks.

Staff recommended drying as the preferred long-term option because it yields more consistent solids, reduces truckloads and could produce Class A biosolids for reuse, but estimated design and build could take 2–2.5 years and require substantially larger capital outlay than bulking or composting.

Council approved five farm leases after extended debate about biosolids (sludge) coordination and liability; two leases were set as one-year contracts to allow staff and tenants to work out application logistics, while other leases proceeded as five-year agreements.

A review of waste-derived fertilisers shows that raw manure applied to lettuce carries modelled annual infection probabilities that pasteurised digestate reduces to near zero, while major evidence

A staff memo asks the council to approve Contract No. 27‑008 to land‑apply Twisp biosolids at Boulder Park Project sites; the draft sets a Base Unit Price of $18.93 per wet ton (2026 dollars), an Equipment Use Fee of $3.66 per wet ton, and assigns roles for Boulder Park, King County and the Town.

Once a new renewable natural gas facility is completed in Virginia Beach, the flush of a toilet could help power homes across the Hampton Roads region, developers say.

From forests to farms to water, here is a short recap on some of the work from September and October that hasn't gotten as much as attention it deserves.

Kalispell has stopped composting its biosolids and is instead sending it to the Flathead County Landfill, but the shift has come with growing pains.

Staff described a county memorandum of understanding that allows a two-year demonstration of landfill acceptance with strict conditions (18% solids, additional sampling, possible $300/load handling fee) and a two-year transition period if acceptance ends; staff warned the landfill could limit acceptance at short notice.