Land application is one of the most common end destinations for biosolids, and the only one that allows for the beneficial reuse of its nutrients. Although current regulations and agricultural management practices are generally considered to be protective of human and environmental health, the detection of an increasing number of ESOCs in biosolids and the [...]
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) in its development of the “Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent” identified the need for coordinated scientific research as one of four components of the Strategy.
In response to developing the Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and the Canada-wide Approach for the Management of Wastewater Biosolids, both the Municipal Wastewater Effluent Coordinating Committee (MWWE CC) and the Biosolids Task Group (BTG) of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) identified a need for better national [...]
This report documents the evolution to date of the “National Research Agenda for Municipal Wastewater and Biosolids (the Agenda)”, which was developed jointly by the Canadian Water Network (CWN), Environment Canada, and the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association in 2012. The desired outcome of the Agenda was to: generate and prioritize, through research and consultation, [...]