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By Sally Brown, University of Washington Abstracts of these resources are available in the searchable Information Portal offered to Northwest Biosolids members. PFAS and organic residuals…

EPA ECHO Database
2018 marked the second year of the U.S. EPA electronic biosolids facility report collection known as ECHO (Enforcement Compliance History Online) database.  Results for 2017…

Author: Sarah Whitehouse, Thompson Rivers University, Master of Science in Environmental Science
Co-Author: Dr. Lauchland Fraser, Thompson Rivers University, Professor of Natural Resource…

By Sally Brown, University of Washington Abstracts of these resources are available in the searchable Information Portal offered to Northwest Biosolids members. Long-term impacts of infrequent…

By Adria Lau, University of Washington Introduction:  The degradation of soil is one of the most understated issues the world faces today—though the soil allows us to sustain ourselves, we rarely…

By Sally Brown, University of Washington Abstracts of these resources are available in the searchable Information Portal offered to Northwest Biosolids members. Antibiotic resistant bacteria in…

By Dan M. Sullivan, Oregon State University Photos courtesy of City of Portland, ORThe impact of repeated biosolids application on grass forage yield has been documented over a 15-year period at a…

At the Northwest Biosolids Research and Outreach Committee meeting, committee members made the trek across the border to Vancouver to visit our friendly Canadian neighbors. Arrow Transportation were…

By Sally Brown, University of Washington Abstracts of these resources are available in the searchable Information Portal offered to Northwest Biosolids members. Ecological impacts of long-term…

Council Meeting on Biosolids The Metropolitan King County (WA) Council met in April for a thorough and informative briefing on the King County biosolids program.  The briefing was received well by…