Does biosolids application affect surface or ground water?
Biosolids do not affect surface or ground water quality near application sites. Application areas are monitored carefully and regularly for any sign that biosolids materials have leached into groundwater or have been picked up by surface water. In addition, biosolids are applied at low agronomic rates, ensuring that plants quickly take up all the nutrients in the biosolids applied, leaving nothing to wash into creeks or leach into groundwater.
