Individuals who experience constipation are more at risk of fecal impaction, which is more severe. When an individual experiences fecal impaction, they usually need treatment to pass the stool.

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies, which represents wastewater treatment plants across the country, said the findings reinforced that sludge fertilizer was not a risk to the public ...

The solids need to be disposed of and can make a nutrient-rich sludge often spread on farm fields. The agency now says those solids often contain toxic, lasting PFAS that treatment plants cannot ...

The chemicals — found in everything from cosmetics and cookware to diapers and clothing — have been linked to a range of ...

Sewage sludge has been used by some farmers for years. It is plentiful — wastewater treatment plants produce millions of tons of it — but the EPA said that less than 1% of fertilized acreage ...

On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Danny Avula said the failure of an automatic “switch-gear” that would have transferred the city’s water treatment plant to its primary backup power source failed ...

At least a half-dozen DNC members who will be voting on the next party chair work in corporate influence roles, a Sludge review of a newly-leaked list finds.

Our oral and fecal microbiota are distinctly different ... Antibiotic Resistance Associated With Wastewater Treatment Plants Wastewater treatment plants are interfaces between different ...

Draft findings published Tuesday echo what Maine has been saying since 2022, when it became the first state to ban the use of sludge as fertilizer because of high concentrations of harmful PFAS.

Water treatment plants usually use technologies called granular activated carbon and ion exchange resin to remove PFAS from contaminated drinking water. Small, kitchen-based options include ...

Jan. 14, 2025 — A new study of hemp microbes may lead to more sustainable farming methods, using nature to boost the growth of the plant which has become increasingly popular for its versatile ...