biosolid
noun
bio·sol·id
ˈbī-ō-ˌsä-ləd 
: solid organic matter recovered from a sewage treatment process and used especially as fertilizer
—usually used in plural
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Alabama first enacted rules about spreading biosolids as fertilizer in 2020, and tightened those restrictions last year after numerous complaints.
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Dennis Pillion | [email protected],
al,
9 Apr. 2023
Yet the alternative biosolid disposal methods once touted as environmentally sustainable have fallen out of favor.
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Molly Glick,
Discover Magazine,
16 May 2021
Within the sweeping Clean Waterways Act are most of DeSantis’ water quality priorities, including initiatives in septic-to-sewer conversion, wastewater, stormwater, agriculture and biosolids.
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John Haughey,
Washington Examiner,
12 Mar. 2020
There are also reports of pollution in Belgium, Germany, Japan, Australia and the Netherlands, and contamination through agricultural use of biosolids from wastewater treatment plants, and landfills where chemical-laden products were disposed of.
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Washington Post,
24 Sep. 2019
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Dennis Pillion | [email protected],
al,
9 Apr. 2023
Yet the alternative biosolid disposal methods once touted as environmentally sustainable have fallen out of favor.
—
Molly Glick,
Discover Magazine,
16 May 2021
Within the sweeping Clean Waterways Act are most of DeSantis’ water quality priorities, including initiatives in septic-to-sewer conversion, wastewater, stormwater, agriculture and biosolids.
—
John Haughey,
Washington Examiner,
12 Mar. 2020
There are also reports of pollution in Belgium, Germany, Japan, Australia and the Netherlands, and contamination through agricultural use of biosolids from wastewater treatment plants, and landfills where chemical-laden products were disposed of.
—
Washington Post,
24 Sep. 2019
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“Biosolid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biosolid. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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