by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 21, 2017 | Bio-Solids, Sludge
This well researched paper by Caroline Snyder, PhD answers many questions. Please click here for the document: Biosolids- 10 Myths
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 28, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge
The public comment period for the application of sludge to our neighboring lands closes on January 6. Submitting comments allows you to testify at the State Water Control Board [SWCB] meeting in March 2017, where final approval is expected. It also lets the Department...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 20, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge
A long-awaited public comment period has opened for those wishing to respond to a permit proposal that would allow the application of biosolids to nearly 2,000 acres in Nelson County. [A large targeted acreage is on the James River in the Manteo area, across from...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 13, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
A Report from the EPA, Office of Inspector General September 29, 2014 Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness. The EPA regulates...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
A 27 page report from Riverkeepers of North Carolina on the downstream contamination by the concentrated toxic chemicals in biosolids. Read the report. Haw River Assembly: Defending the river since 1982 Catawba Riverkeeper Mission Statement: We educate and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
Synagro is the private company that distributes the sludge for the wastewater treatment plants which are owned by the state. In Virginia There was a lawsuit involving Synagro’s spreading 1 million gallons of hog waste material from Smithfield’s lagoons. The lawsuit...
