by Gary Chandler | Aug 21, 2020 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Sewage A Pathway That Demands New Risk Assessments Scientists are unraveling mysteries surrounding the coronavirus every day. One of the most unusual discoveries deserves further inspection because it represents a double-edged sword in the battle against the pandemic....
by Gary Chandler | Jul 9, 2020 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Risk Assessments Ignore Prion Contamination The United States produces about 33 billion gallons of wastewater every day. Meanwhile, agriculture uses about 128 billion gallons of water every day. The government hopes to close the gap with municipal wastewater reuse and...
by Gary Chandler | Aug 18, 2018 | Waste Management, Wastewater Management
Wastewater Treatment Plants Dumping Sewage Sludge Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for seven counties in Southwest Florida over an unusually severe red tide outbreak. Unfortunately, red tide is now another symptom of sewage mismanagement...
by Gary Chandler | Mar 3, 2017 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Wastewater Reclamation Based On Fraudulent Risk Assessment Thanks to flawed risk assessments, cities are spreading an unstoppable pathogen when they spread sewage sludge on land. It’s time to reclassify sewage sludge and biosolids as infectious waste and put it...
by Gary Chandler | Jul 14, 2016 | Public Health, Wastewater Management
Wastewater Treatment Plants Can’t Handle Infectious Waste Neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, is the fastest-growing cause of death in the world. Misinformation and mismanagement are...
by Gary Chandler | May 24, 2016 | Wastewater Management
Droughts, Floods, Growth The threat of a water crisis is looming for hundreds of millions of the world’s inhabitants, as climate change, water management challenges and demographic shifts are disrupting water’s ecosystem. As a result, many cities are currently...
