US Wetlands Restoration With PFAS Sewage

Concrete pipe releasing treated wastewater into a wetland with grassy vegetation under a partly cloudy sky

CLIFF NOTES● Biosolids were used in wetland restoration.● PFAS contamination was detected.● Environmental spread is a concern.● Regulation of biosolids is limited.● Long-term impacts remain unknown.   Across the United States, municipalities have embraced a controversial method for restoring degraded wetlands—pumping them full of treated wastewater effluent. The practice is often labeled “green” and “sustainable,” … Read more