How much land is receiving biosolids in Virginia?
Less than about 6/10 of one percent of the available farm and forest land in Virginia receives biosolids each year, about 50,000 acres out of 8.6 million received biosolids. The amount of farm and forest land that is permitted for biosolids in Virginia is only 350,000 acres—about 4 percent of Virginia’s farmland. Click here for a PDF Fact Sheet on this question.
