VT biosolids research published in Crops & Soils magazine

Virginia Tech biosolids research was recently featured in the magazine Crops & Soils for Certified Crop Advisor continuing education credits. The data in the story reviews the second year of a two-year biosolids wheat study conducted in the Virginia Coastal Plain.  The research identified soil types to which biosolids could safely be applied at full […]

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EPA Posts Biosolids Reports on Website

October 2, 2017 (Richmond, VA) This past winter the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) required most biosolids management programs to submit their annual biosolids reports electronically.  Annual biosolids reports are required by 40 CFR Part 503 and must be completed by February 19, 2017, with data from the prior year. The 2016 data collected this […]

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Courts Upholds Biosolids Regulations

In December 2016 a Virginia Circuit Court upheld the regulations that control the application of biosolids on Virginia’s farms and determined they protect the environment and public health. A month earlier, in November, in the City of Los Angeles v. Kern County, a California Superior Court judge ruled in its statement of decision that biosolids do […]

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Water Authority works with Va. Tech to explore novel management option

Water reclamation facilities across the country periodically assess their existing biosolids management program. When the Western Virginia Water Authority (WVWA) began evaluating its program recently it, like many others, focused on diversifying its program, but it also set an important objective to create an additional revenue stream. WVWA serves the city of Roanoke, and the […]

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Regulations against the Potomac/Shenandoah Riverkeeper’s legal challenge upheld

The Richmond Circuit Court on December 14 upheld the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Biosolids Regulations against the Potomac/Shenandoah Riverkeeper’s legal challenge. The Court found there was substantial evidence to support the State Water Control Board’s decision to approve the amendments. The Board was aided by the report of the Expert Panel, which found that […]

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Landowner finds value in tree application

22Charles City County ‘s population today is only about 1,500 more than it was when our country gained its independence in 1776.  It is still a county that has as its border the historic James River, and an economic foundation grounded in agriculture and forestry. One of many farms that populate the historic land in […]

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