In these bubbling basins, you’ll find some of the hardest workers in Lawrence’s water treatment system — microorganisms that ...

Johnson County's long saga with PFAS started in 2022, with an influx of calls to Detective Dana Ames, an environmental crimes ...

What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...

They can also help strengthen soil and help with irrigation, he added. Some treatment facilities further dry out sludge, turning it into a dirt-like material that can emit steam as microbes do ...

Josh Lutz displays some biosolids, also known as sewage sludge, Friday, March 7, 2025, at a wastewater treatment facility in Lockbourne, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) ...