Many cities send their sewage to be used as farm fertilizer. But waste treatment plants don't typically remove "forever chemicals," first.

Carbon County has taken a stand in the fight against using sewage sludge as a fertilizer. Earlier this month, the board of commissioners sent a letter to Gov. Josh Shapiro, stating that the county is ...

Ranchers in Texas claim livestock was sickened by ‘forever chemicals’ in fertilizer made from sewage sludge. Now Synagro, a ...

In Lawrence, officials don’t think there’s much risk of harmful chemicals getting into the nutrient-rich sludge that’s ...

The state Department of Environmental Quality is adding six PFAS to Oregon's list of more than 800 regulated contaminants.

The composting facility at the intermunicipal wastewater plant is operating at about two-thirds capacity. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.

Regulatory efforts to purge PFASs from drinking water have led to a rush for technologies that can capture and destroy the ...

Most of the private wells tested in Swisher — which lies about 2 miles south of The Eastern Iowa Airport — are contaminated ...

Proposed legislation that would change how municipalities dispose of the byproduct from treated wastewater could cost the ...

Prohibiting spreading of sludge and biosolids on land has gained traction with Oklahoma Senate members voting 42-4 in favor of Senate Bill 3, which phases out its use. State Senators Avery Frix, ...

A recent report by the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, revealed that biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the cause of PFAS contamination in 70 million acres of land in the U.S. Despite the alarming ...

While deadlines for the use of PFAS are closing in, the PFAS Alternatives Act has not yet been made into enforceable ...