How do biosolids help the soil and crops?
Biosolids enrich the soil with essential nutrients and organic matter. Plants need a complex mixture of nutrients, soil, air, and water to grow well. Biosolids contain a full range of essential plant nutrients that release slowley, as the plants need them during the growing season. The organic matter acts as a sponge for water, nutrients, and air where soil organisms can prosper and plant roots can better develop. This “sponge” also reduces the possibility of leaching nutrients to the groundwater. The result is improved crop production, less water runoff, less soil erosion, and more water conservation.
