Young’s Creek at Young’s Park on March 21. The area upstream of the Franklin Wastewater Treatment Plant was not affected by the sludge spill. The city of Franklin was fined $15,600 after 36,000 ...

Madison Village is buying a new piece of equipment to keep its wastewater treatment plant running properly. Village Council has approved an $8,642 purchase order for a close-coupled pump package ...

The city of Bronson is set to receive nearly $2 million in federal funds to improve their wastewater treatment plant.

Sewage sludge dewaterability is a critical factor in wastewater treatment efficiency and cost‐reduction, as it directly impacts the volume of sludge requiring transportation, disposal, or further ...

Harmful chemicals in sewage sludge that is spread on pasture land as fertilizer are causing cancer, the Environmental Protection Agency said last week. The risk is highest for people who regularly ...

WASHINGTON — What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients ...

Septicity occurs in sewage or sludge when the micro-organisms have utilised all the dissolved oxygen (DO) and any nitrates (or nitrites) that may be present. When anaerobic conditions have developed, ...

Fertilizer containing potentially unsafe levels of “forever chemicals” has been used around the country. By Hiroko Tabuchi For the past year, I’ve been reporting on how “forever chemicals,” a group of ...