Residue from human waste has long wound up as farm fertilizer. Some neighbors hate it
WELLSTON, Okla. — When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more ...
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Other states consider joining Maine in banning the spreading of sewage sludge
The battle over how to place guardrails on the practice is starting to play out in legislatures across the country. WELLSTON, Okla. — When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of ...
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Store, harvest, fix: How Texas can save its water supply
State lawmakers are poised to devote billions to save the state’s water supply. These are some of the ways the state could ...
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PFAS pollution challenges in CT
Firstly, Connecticut banned the sale of biosolids, i.e., wastewater sludge, to be used as fertilizers ... release of 50,000 gallons of AFFF into the municipal sewer system and subsequently ...
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North TX county sues feds over PFAS contamination
By Sara Hashemi for Sentient. Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Texas News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Johnson County's long saga with PFAS started in 2022, ...
Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here’s how it’s made
What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid ...