None of the more than 20,000 sites in the state are even close to the regulated limit. It's important for people to know that sewage sludge is the most regulated fertilizer used on crops. Commercial fertilizer and manures are scantily regulated or not regulated at all. Anywhere development meets agriculture, questions often do come up, and that's where we need information and education efforts. The December workshop showed us that we need to do follow-up workshops to provide information on sludge ordinances, permits and regulations.
People still have a lot of question.
Some information for this article was derived from Country Today, Dec. 17, 1997.