Sewage fertilizer poses health risks, EPA warns. What does that mean for North Texas?
by Fort Worth Report | January 27, 2025
Watchdog nonprofit organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility assisted Ames’s office with the testing and analysis of Synagro’s fertilizer. On behalf of the affected farmers in Johnson County, the nonprofit filed a civil lawsuit against the EPA, alleging the agency ...
Fort Worth sewage sludge fertilizer blamed for poisoning animals, land in lawsuit
by Fort Worth Report | May 14, 2024
Inside Fort Worth’s December 2022 grand opening of a wastewater treatment plant, the mood was celebratory. After years of controversy and a $59 million state loan, city officials were seeing the fruits of their labor: a facility capable of taking in tons of sewage sludge and turning it ...