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sludge

s luhj

  • n  the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
  • n  any thick, viscous matter

  • More Sludge Slinging: How Safe Is That Dump? .
  • THE FREIGHT TRAIN RUMBLED TO A HALT ON A CATTLE ranch in Hudspeth County, and workers began unloading biologically treated sludge onto the dry West Texas earth.
  • PTI Notebook: Is the sludge boss slinging the product?.
News & Articles

  • Some treated sewage sludge likely spilled into Harford's Deer Creek, MDE says
    Truck hauling waste byproduct was in an accident on Route 23 bridge Thursday A small portion of the nearly 5,500 pounds of treated sewage sludge that spilled after a truck accident in northern Harford County late last week likely entered Deer Creek, according to state environmental officials.        
    June 11, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
  • Honey's Sit 'n Eat South does Philly diner legacy proud
    When a diner loses its soul, the meat loaf arrives welded to the plate in a brown sludge of unnaturally thick gravy. The bacon is ironed paper-flat, limp and dry. The cream of broccoli soup is lukewarm glop. The fried eggplant rounds are half raw. The coffee tastes like it was steeped through brown paper bags.
    June 10, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Surprise! 330,289 gallons of sludge found on county property
    When officials in Bucks County used open space money to buy an old sewage plant, they got an added "bonus" — 330,289 gallons of previously undiscovered sludge.
    June 5, 2013 - The Intelligencer
Quotes

  • Barbara Boxer in FOXNews
    Our hearing will include an investigation of the risks associated with application of sludge in neighborhoods as reportedly took place in Baltimore,said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the committee's chairman.
  • Frank Lautenberg in Forbes
    If EPA had done its job, this site would've been cleaned up long ago,said New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, one several congressmen who asked that the investigation be done. "Long after the site was declared clean, chunks of sludge still...

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