A proposed plant that would use a high-heat process to turn sludge into fertilizer has residents worried about odors and property values.

Sludge treatment in reed bed systems represents a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to conventional sludge management practices. These systems leverage natural hydrological and biological ...

Disposing of wastewater treatment plant waste while simultaneously recovering white phosphorus: The new thermochemical ...

Valuable supplies of phosphorus could be recovered from sewage sludge ash, which remains after the sludge has been burned for electric power generation. The method has been developed by chemical ...

Dried sludge at Greater Augusta Utilities District's wastewater treatment plant in 2023. Sewage sludge was once spread on Maine farms as fertilizer but is now sent to landfills because it caused PFAS ...

Chemical and heat treatment of sewage sludge can recover phosphorus in a process that could help address the problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ores. Chemical and heat treatment of sewage ...

Study finds the flow behavior of sewage sludge can be used as a tool to gauge how quickly organic matter is dissolving at high temperatures, paving the way for online monitoring. A new way of tracking ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) Q: What is the treatment method of sludge fermentation tower? A: Traditional aerobic fermentation method has many problems in land occupation, odor treatment, and adding auxiliary ...

A new way of tracking how sewage sludge flows during thermal treatment could help engineers design better wastewater treatment plants and boost production of biogas. Researchers at RMIT University in ...