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, they can be ...

Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be used as fertilizer on agricultural fields or compost on lawns. But the ...

Human sewage treatment plants. It is the waste from a human sewage treatment plant. It's called sludge. It's foamy yellow ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland lawmakers are struggling to advance legislation aimed at limiting the presence of toxic "forever chemicals" in sewage sludge used as soil conditioner—a predominant ...

NAGOYA--Sludge generated through sewage treatment is set to be marketed by city officials here as the perfect fertilizer rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is an indispensable ingredient ...

More information: Guofang Xu et al, Harnessing Sewage Sludge Microbiota from Wastewater Treatment Plants for Tetrachloroethene Detoxification, ACS ES&T Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.

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 ...

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 ...

Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be used as fertilizer on agricultural fields or compost on lawns. But the ...

Josh Lutz displays some biosolids, also known as sewage sludge, Friday, March 7, 2025, at a wastewater treatment facility in Lockbourne, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) ...