You have probably heard of the Circle Line and the Staten Island Ferry, but what about the sludge boat? Yes, it's an actual vessel that cruises the waterways of New York City. We took a ride on ...

A marine engineer was killed in a methane explosion aboard the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) sludge boat Hunts ...

A top city Environmental Protection engineer killed in a weekend sewage-boat explosion may have accidentally blown himself up ...

The barge blew up at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant near West 138th Street in New York City about 10.30am on ...

To protect its food and drinking water, Maryland has started restricting the use of fertilizer made from sewage sludge. At the same time, a major sludge-fertilizer maker, Synagro, has been ...

Excavation work at a Keystone Pipeline oil spill has been delayed because crews must clean up sludge around the site, according to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. Heavy ...

Medieval alchemists sought to literally turn non-valuable substances into gold. Now some scientists have discovered a figurative equivalent method to transform sewage sludge into food for animals and ...

Sewer Sludge Is Dangerous to Health, EPA Says of Biosolids and PFAS By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants ...

Sewer sludge from wastewater treatment plants appears to expose farmers and nearby neighbors to toxic "forever" chemicals, a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft risk assessment says.

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.