North Carolina farms use treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, but concerns over PFAs contamination are growing. With few disposal alternatives, regulators and farmers face tough choices.

It’s very visible in various areas as it coagulates together,” said Heidi Schmitt Marquez the DNR “This is an ongoing ...

Commissioners said they are concerned about public health and public safety because forever chemicals don’t break down and can accumulate in humans and animals. Forever chemical ...

Materials from the McKinley Paper mill in Combined Locks have been spilling into the Fox River for over two weeks.

ACT's novel technologies extract, rather than digest, bio-solids from raw sewage, thus reducing sludge formation by up to 50%. The proprietary bio-solids recycling process produces a variety of ...

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

Public wastewater systems throughout the state, including those in Salem and Eugene, offer biosolids to farmers to fertilize fields.

Water Research Foundation aids Brown and Caldwell researchers in helping wastewater systems meet nutrient limits while ...

Wastewater is also known as sewage. It includes water that may contain human waste. Some examples include toilets, showers, sinks, and other household activities. Wastewater can also include rainwater ...

When cities and towns treat sewage, they separate the liquids from the solids and treat the liquid. The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields.