The recent legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly successfully took aim at the environmental impacts of industrial sludge in the state, especially on the heavily agricultural Eastern ...

A farmer whose land was polluted by sewer sludge drew the wrath of a state agency recently after he tried to get the word out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bobby Whitescarver, a retired field conservationist with 31 years of experience with the United States Department of Agriculture's ...

(WBFF) — Maryland lawmakers voted for cleaner water and healthier communities with the passage of legislation that will address the state’s influx of industrial sludge. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore bolstered Maryland's environmental priorities in a bevy of legislation signed into law which covered clean water and agriculture. In July 2023, Moore signed two executive ...

The General Assembly is zeroing in on industrial sludge regulations with discussions on a cross-filed bill that would require a permit for its storage and use. The Industrial Sludge Utilization Permit ...

Industrial sludge is sometimes put in lined landfills. That’s the option the sludge opponents favor. Under the land-spreading method, the company that produces the sludge pays a hauler like Synagro to ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global industrial sludge treatment chemicals market report from 2017-2021. This market research report ...

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. -- In March of last year, Goochland County restaurant owner Trey Alley said he lost a lot of business when a local dairy farmer spread sludge over several acres of farmland just ...

A state panel approved a permit Thursday allowing a Baltimore-based company to spread waste called industrial sludge on farmland in six counties. The State Water Control Board voted 5-2 to allow ...

Most public hearings are required by law, and on the surface, they seem like free and fair democracy in action, but they are often impotent processes that allow a governing board to put a checkmark in ...