First Things First with Biosolids Technologies
Many past technologies proved to be overhyped and became failures. “First things first” directs us to attend to the core function of our utilities and ensure their efficient performance
Biosolids and the Circular Economy
The consensus among scientists is a planetary emergency threatens all present and future generations (Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios). Ours is a species with a human-carbon nature out of context with Earth’s capacity to withstand GHG emissions and resource extraction. Our future will be inevitably defined not by expansion but by contraction, and …
Connections and Imagination
The holiday season takes us into 2022, a season ripe for re-connecting and re-imagining. We are reconnecting with family, friends, and colleagues from whom SARS-CoV-2 has separated us. We are re-imagining our future ahead, considering the unknowable forces at work in the world, be they microbial, gaseous or political. Imagination is the key resources, as …
Microplastics in Biosolids
Are microplastics the next “bad” thing in biosolids? Even if the answer is “no,” source control and focused wastewater treatment improvements are my two “take-aways” from the presentation by Cayla Cook, Microplastics Lead at Carollo Engineers, when she spoke at the November 17th Mid Atlantic Biosolids Association Annual Meeting Focusing on Resilience in our Biosolids …