Biosolids Communications Resources

Listed below are a number of resources that may assist WEF members and utilities with communicating more effectively with the public, media outlets, and local officials about biosolids recycling. For technical information and research, please visit the other links available in the Biosolids section of Access Water Knowledge.

Responses/Educational Resources

NRC Recommendations:  

• WEF Comments on Federal Register Notice re: NRC Recommendations to EPA - 2003
   
• WEF/NACWA Guidance Document re: NRC Recommendations to EPA - 2003
   

Associated Press Coverage of the Augusta, Ga. Case:  

• EPA Office of Water's Response to Associated Press - 2007
   
• WEF Executive Director's Letter to Associated Press - 2007
   
• Senator Boxer's Inquiry to EPA - 2007
   
• EPA Office of Water's Response to Senator Boxer's Inquiry - 2007
   
• Virginia Expert Panel Report Re: Associated Press story on Augusta cattle deaths - 2007
• WEF Sample Opinion Editorial - 2007
   
• Basic Biosolids Talking Points - 2007
   
• WEF Biosolids Messages - 2007
   

Kern County, Calif. Ban on Biosolids Case:  

• WEF Amicus Brief - 2008
• New! Amicus Brief filed by WEF and Other Associations - 2010
• New! Amicus Brief filed by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, et al. - 2010

White House Garden Issue:  

• MABA/NEBRA Information Update on White House Garden Issue - 2009
   
• WEF WaterBlog: Chris Peot, DCWASA, "Biosolids Recycling Works for Us" - 2009 

Miscelleaneous Communications Responses:  

• EPA Letter to the Center for Food Safety - 2003
• WEF Executive Director Letter to Editor in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - 2006  

Educational Resources  

• Charting the Future of Biosolids Management – Final Report (May 2011)  
• Charting the Future of Biosolids Management – Executive Summary (May 2011) 
• National Biosolids Partnership Bioenergy Brochure - 2006
• WEF Vice President Jeanette Brown Congressional Testimony re: Energy Efficient WWTPs - 2009
• WEF WaterBlog - WEF Vice President Jeanette Brown, "Waste into Watts" - 2009
• WEF Webcast - "Carbon Footprint Implications from Biosolids Management Practices - 2010
• EPA Biosolids Composting Fact Sheet 
• OCSD Biosolids Composting Fact Sheet 
• National Biosolids Partnership EMS Communications Brochure - 2003
• NBP FAQ Training Brochure - 2011
• WEF Land Application & Composting Fact Sheet - 2010

Technical Resources 

• WEF Radioactivity Guidance for POTWs - 2009
• EPA National Sewage Sludge Survey & Biennial Reviews - 2009
• New! EPA Part 503 Sewage Sludge Regulations; Preamble (Searchable Federal Register PDF) February 19, 1993  
• NEBRA National Biosolids Use Survey - 2007
• NEBRA - "The Science of Biosolids Recycling" 
• WERF Research Digest: Evaluating Risks and Benefits of Soil Amendments Used in Agriculture