Seeing a toxic blue-green algae bloom in the St. Johns River has become more common as more pollution flows into the river from toxic sewage sludge. (Photo via the St. Johns RIverkeeper) What is it ...

A groundbreaking study reveals the environmental and public health advantages of reed wetlands for sludge treatment, demonstrating their potential as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional ...

New research suggests that sewage sludge and wastewater treatment plants are major sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution. Waterkeeper Alliance, in partnership with local ...

Farm families that consume milk, eggs and beef they raise themselves face an increased risk of cancer if their fields were fertilized with PFAS-laced sewage sludge, the EPA reported this week. The ...

Researchers have developed an innovative way to turn steel industry waste into a low-cost material that can clean antibiotics out of water, offering a promising solution to one of today’s growing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Carolina farmer Robbie O’Neal, whose family for years relied on sludge from a textile plant to fertilize crops, is in the ...

Work is underway to clean digesters at Wheeling’s Water Pollution Control Plant – a project that is expected to improve nagging sewage odor issues that have wafted into the neighborhoods within ...

Woonsocket residents are fed up with the sludge incinerator, leading the city to plan its closure. Shutting it down could trigger a regional crisis.

Darlington County farmer Robbie O’Neal’s family applied industrial sludge from a textile plant as fertilizer after the government said it was safe. They learned years later it was polluted Tracy ...