Bruce Bruso, president and CEO of CBA Environmental, explains how sewage sludge is converted into alternative energy at his plant in Hegins. He says sludge can reduce pollutants. PETE G. WILCOX/THE ...

A Bush administration plan to cover nearly 1 million gallons of highly radioactive sludge with grout has run into obstacles in the Senate, where Democrats say grout is for bathrooms, not leftovers ...

Researchers have developed an innovative way to turn steel industry waste into a low-cost material that can clean antibiotics out of water, offering a promising solution to one of today’s growing ...

Municipal sludge is a by-product of wastewater treatment that is produced in massive quantities worldwide. Managing this material remains a growing environmental challenge. Traditional treatment ...

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 U.K. tested a new nuclear sludge removal facility, which can solve its nuclear waste problems. View taken on 28 November 2005 of a sign informing of the radioactivity of packages transported in a ...

WASHINGTON — Clean-up crews are continuing to work in the C & O Canal to vacuum out sludge and muck left behind by the bypass pumping system, which directed wastewater around the damaged Potomac ...