Sludge Application in Madison County, VA

Sludge Application in Madison County, VA describes Madison County's policies and practices for applying sewage sludge to farmland as fertilizer. "Criglersville resident and longtime outspoken sludge critic Khalil Hassan went before the Madison County Board of Supervisors June 30 to urge them to adopt an ordinance regarding the spreading of sludge on farmlands in Madison County." He advocated an ordinance modeled after nearby Rappahannock County's, which requires disclosure when farmers spread sewage sludge on their land. Then, there is a record on the land deed that the property owner used sewage sludge so that future buyers of the land will be aware of it.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Biosolids
 * Sewage sludge
 * Food Rights Network
 * Sewage sludge giveaways, producers, and brands
 * The EPA's plan to bypass opposition to sewage sludge disposal
 * Water Environment Federation
 * You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge

External Resources

 * Marie Kulick, Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food Production, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008.
 * Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey: EPA-822-R-08-016 and EPA-822-R-08-018, EPA, January 2009.
 * Environmental Working Group, Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms? Why USDA Should Just Say No, April, 1998.
 * Environmental Working Group, Routes of Exposure sewage sludge: EWG Research on Chemicals in sewage sludge, April 30, 1998.

External Articles

 * Marilyn Cox, Supervisors discuss sludge ordinance: Might require MC biosolids users to list usage on deed, Madison Eagle, July 14, 2011.