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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. Soil health and sustainability:…

COVID-19 Surveillance Recommendations The Water Research Foundation recently released "Wastewater Surveillance of the COVID-19 Genetic Signal in Sewersheds: Recommendations from Global Experts." The…

By Ian Pepper, University of Arizona & WEST Center Background: In Part 1, we described the concept of measuring Coronavirus concentrations in sewage as a leading indicator of the pandemic.…

Racial equity in wastewater and biosolids We are in a pandemic. A pandemic that has impacted all of us, but one which is disproportionally impacting indigenous and people of color, especially black…

By Sally Brown, University of Washington Abstracts of these resources are available in the searchable Information Portal offered to Northwest Biosolids members. Greener gas?  Impact of…

COVID-19 News & Resources Water Environment Federation Residuals & Biosolids Issues Concerning COVID-19 Virus Central States WEA Biosolids & COVID-19 Fact Sheet Consumer Reports…

By Ian Pepper, University of Arizona & WEST Center Background: Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) is a rapidly expanding new discipline formerly known as Sewage Surveillance. The concept behind…

If you had asked then-college student, Brady Linden where he thought he would be after graduation, his response likely would not have included the words “wastewater”, “sewer,” or “biosolids.”  Brady…

New Washington State Compost Rule By Ashley Mihle, King County & Northwest Biosolids Outreach Committee Chair
Washington State recently enacted a bill, HB 2713, that requires local…

By Sally Brown, University of Washington Drawdown provides solutions that will help us reduce (drawdown) the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere.  Biosolids didn’t make the list of solutions.  …