On Tuesday, a key Maryland Senate Committee rejected a bill that aimed to impose stricter limits on the concentration of ...

Tests taken in November of 2023 showed that the Henrico Wastewater Treatment Plant recorded 13 parts per billion of a commonly measured strain of the chemicals.

The battle over how to place guardrails on the practice is starting to play out in legislatures across the country.

What goes down your toilet and drain can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the ...

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 ...

Proposed legislation that would change how municipalities dispose of the byproduct from treated wastewater could cost the ...

The world produces millions of tons of it every year. In the US, nearly half of the country’s sludge is spread on farmlands as fertilizer, with the rest going to landfill or incinerated. This has ...

Maine is leading the nation in many aspects of forever chemical regulation, including product and sludge spreading bans. “Maine’s PFAS Fund continues to provide a cutting edge model for how ...