A sign advertising a “biosolids land application” at a property on Route 254 in Augusta County caught the attention of an AFP reader last week. As with that one, the word “application” on the sign ...

The federal government has been relatively quiet on the issue of PFAS contamination from sewage sludge spread on farmland.

A reader who regularly drives Route 254 from Staunton to Waynesboro noticed a sign a couple of months ago advertising a something called a “biosolids land application” at a farm near the highway’s ...

Some environmental groups have called for tougher rules on treated sewage sludge, which can harm soil and water quality.

(Beyond Pesticides, August 22, 2014) The Town Board in Wheatfield, New York unanimously voted last month to amend its biosolids law to ban any application of sewage sludge and other similar materials ...

Form over substance continues to obscure the substantive issue presented in the case of the City of Los Angeles (City) vs. Kern County (County). At its core, the dispute involves the land application ...

Molly Trembley, an environmental engineer with the state Department of Environmental Conservation delivers a presentation on Dec. 4, 2024 to the Steuben County Legislature's Agriculture, Industry and ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is struggling to regulate the land application of industrial food waste as permit applications pile up and concerned residents demand stricter controls.

Anyone who has driven through New York’s abundant agricultural regions is aware of the agricultural practice of manure spreading. Done responsibly, ...

Nov. 13—The company that has been cited in Newton and McDonald counties for overapplication of sludge on farm fields and for problems with storage lagoons in Southwest Missouri has been fined by the ...