Using Sludge as Fertilizer May Pose Health Risks

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(SUNfoto by Jose de Wit) The Española sewer plant puts out to dry an average of 7,000 metric tons of sewer sludge weekly on these concrete beds outside the plant. The plant, like many others around the country, gives the sludge to farmers for use as fertilizer.

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    Sewage. Sludge. Recycled human waste. Biosolids.     It goes by many other names that cannot be printed in this newspaper, and Española residents produce tons of it — 590 metric tons a year, to be exact. And that’s just…

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