Biosolids Research at the EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Biosolids Program works to ensure the latest science is being used to protect public health and the environment. The agency's research covers a wide range of areas related to biosolids. The EPA also provides competitive, peer-reviewed, extramural research grants to the nation’s best scientists and engineers in public and private colleges, universities, and institutions. A list of current research efforts can be found using the links provided.

Biosolids research products primarily from the EPA’s Office of Research and Development can be found in the EPA Science Inventory.

Grants

• STAR Grant: Research for Understanding PFAS Uptake and Bioaccumulation in Plant and Animals in Agricultural, Rural, and Tribal Communities
• National Priorities: Evaluation of Pollutants in Biosolids
• National Priorities Grant: Research on PFAS Impacts in Rural Communities and Agricultural Operations
• STAR Grant: PFAS in Solid Waste, Landfills, Wastewater/Leachates, Soils, and Groundwater to Protect Human Health and the Environment
• STAR Grant (part of small systems grant): Municipal Sewage Sludge Based Composite Adsorbents for Removal of Contaminants from Drinking Water Sources

Resources

• Safe and Sustainable Water Resources: SSWR Strategic Research Action Plan 2019-2022
• Research on Evaluating Concentrations of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Biosolids (Sewage Sludge)
• PFAS Innovative Treatment Team (PITT)
• Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of PFAS and Materials Containing PFAS 
• COVID Research