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 ...

The region’s largest treatment plant was crippled in a catastrophic flood Feb. 9. So when it rains a lot, it pours ­— right out of the plant’s emergency outfall. On three days of heavy rain last month ...

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 ...

The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is a pollution success story. Over the last several decades, it transformed Boston Harbor from a nationally embarrassing cesspool into a swimmable bay. The ...

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 ...

Using sewage sludge – one of two end products from any wastewater treatment plant (the other is effluent) – as fertilizer on food crops is a hotly debated food safety issue, but only among a very ...

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 ...

A thermochemical process can convert lipids from sewage sludge into biodiesel, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es3019435). The low cost and high yield of the sludge ...

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 ...