Municipal Sludge

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Municipal Sludge: - Semi-liquid residue remaining from the treatment of municipal water and wastewater.
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Municipal Sludge::

Sludge spill closes Rt. 209 in Kresgeville; road expected to be ...  -  Jul 22, 2008
Pocono Record,Adam Richins/Pocono Record Route 209 in Polk Township is closed in the vicinity of Burger Hollow Road and HTY Road because of a municipal sludge spill.

What is in your corn flakes? »»  -  Jul 30, 2008
Brighton Independent,Every year nearly half of Ontario’s municipal sludge is spread on 15000 hectares of land. The practice existed in the 1970s but began in earnest in 1996

Residents raise stink over sludge plan  -  Jul 9, 2008
Danville News,Still, township resident Laura Franzen, among others, doesn't want tons of treated municipal sludge near her home. "We're worried about it ruining the water

• Is sewage fertilizer safe?  -  Jul 12, 2008
Hamilton Spectator,What to do with municipal sludge is nothing new and for years it was incinerated, sent to landfills or simply dumped into the nearest Great Lake.

Battered Detroit takes it on chin  -  Jul 6, 2008
Traverse City Record Eagle,1984: Former Detroit water and sewer department director Charles Beckham convicted on bribery charges in a $6 million municipal sludge hauling contract.

Tire plans roll ahead  -  Nov 21, 2007
GoErie.com,...one proposed for Erie is about half the size of the plant proposed here, and uses about 83 percent scrap tires and 17 percent municipal sludge for fuel.

Quebec to limit biosolids spreading  -  Aug 13, 2007
Solid Waste & Recycling,11.1) to ban compost containing all or any part of carcasses of mammals or fowl as well as municipal sludge or treatment wastewater sludge from being spread

Moyno To Exhibit At WEFTEC 2007  -  Jul 31, 2007
Impeller.net (press release),...auger feeder and specially designed progressing cavity pump that efficiently handles high solids, dewatered municipal sludge to over 50 percent solids.

Pharmaceutical disposal companies turn unwanted, outdated drugs ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
International Herald Tribune,Covanta Energy Corp. has converted waste to energy for 20 years, using everything from municipal sludge to everyday trash.

Unwanted medicines recycled into power  -  Jul 28, 2007
Indianapolis Star,Covanta Energy has converted waste to energy for 20 years, using everything from municipal sludge to everyday trash. It has incinerated pharmaceuticals

Turning pharmaceuticals into energy  -  Jul 30, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,Covanta Energy has converted waste to energy for 20 years, using substances ranging from municipal sludge to everyday trash.

Energy Boosters  -  Jul 29, 2007
Press-Enterprise (subscription),Covanta, which creates energy from everyday trash and municipal sludge, has incinerated drugs since the mid-1990s. Twenty-one of the company's 32 facilities




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