Biosolid Land Application Is Coming to Plainfield Township Unless We Take Action
Biosolids Application signs posted by Nazareth Borough Municipal (Sewer) Authority on Preserved Farmland at Hower Road in neighboring Plainfield Township.
Special thanks to Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN) for their efforts and support to keep the streams and waterways of Plainfield Township clean and healthy!
In December of 2023 the DRN submitted comments to PADEP criticizing the proposed NPDES permit for Discharges of Storm Water and the deficiency of the application the NBMA filed. The DRN was also helpful with the opposition to the Synagro sludge treatment plant which was abandoned in 2020.
Please see the link below for details and information on both these projects:
https://delawareriverkeeper.org/search/term/plainfield township PA
There are many organizations throughout Pennsylvania and the country that are dedicated to making the public aware of the harmful effects of biosolid land applications and PFAS. See more information below:
This article, regarding a farm in Maine that was forced to shut down when sludge on the land was linked to high levels of PFAS in milk, was published in the Guardian.
Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer | PFAS | The Guardian
PFAS Project Lab reports PFAS are nine times higher in water from sites adjacent to fields spread with sewage sludge.
Here in Pennsylvania citizens in Carbon County and Upper Mount Bethel are also opposing the spread of sewage sludge.