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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.…

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…

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.  …

By Deirdre Griffin Lahue, Washington State University Last month’s Research Short Story focused on some of the concepts and initiatives behind soil health, and this time we will go more in depth on…

By Deirdre Griffin Lahue, Washington State University What is “soil health” anyway?  Soil health has become a popular topic in agricultural and environmental sectors over the last few years, and…

By Sally Brown, University of Washington Forget climate change. Forget soil degradation. Forget water quality. Biosolids can help all of those - better than most other tools we have. The real threat…

By Sally Brown and Ande Niedzwiecki, University of Washington; Toby Una, Andy Bary and Deirdre Griffin LaHue, Washington State University This study was set up to see if the use of amendments made…

By Ian Pepper, The University of Arizona; Greg Kester, California Association of Sanitation Agencies; Nick Basta and Alyssa Zearley, Ohio State University and Ryan Batjiaka, San Francisco PUC The…

By Eliza Smith, Oregon State University The Soil Fertility Specialist at Oregon State, Amber Moore, and research assistant Eliza Smith, in collaboration with Dan Sullivan, Nutrient Management…

By Norah Kates, University of Washington What happens to the water that falls on our cities every time it rains? A lot of the answer depends on what comes in contact with that water as it runs down…