Get more information about biosolids from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs:
- Understanding the Agricultural Use of Biosolids – Frequently Asked Questions
- Sewage Biosolids: A Valuable Nutrient Source
- Sewage Biosolids: Managing Urban Nutrients Responsibly for Crop Production
Please see our Publications section to download all of our biosolids-related publications.
Regulating biosolids here, federally and internationally
This section provides important resources on biosolids from a municipal, federal, international and scientific perspective.
Learn more about biosolids from:
Canadian Federal Government
Canadian Provinces
United States
European Union
Australia
Germany
New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Associations and Committees
Research
Durham Region
City of Hamilton
City of Kingston
Region of Niagara
City of Ottawa
Oxford County - Nutrient Management Mapping
City of Peterborough
Halton Region
City of Sarnia
Greater Sudbury
City of Toronto
City of Windsor
Canadian Federal Government
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Canadian Biosolids Partnership
CCME – National Standards
Canadian Provinces and Territories
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
United States
California
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Ohio
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A Plain English Guide to the EPA Part 503 Biosolids Rule
A Guide to the Biosolids Risk Assessments for the EPA Part 503 Rule
Other Jurisdictions
Western Australia
CSIRO
Germany
New Zealand
Switzerland
United Kingdom
European Union
European Union Waste Directive
Associations and Committees
Biosolids Utilization Committee (BUC)
Northeast Biosolids and Residuals Association (NEBRA) - promote the environmentally sound and publicly supported recycling of biosolids and other residuals throughout New England and eastern Canada.
Water Environment Association of Ontario (WEAO)
Ontario Association of Sewage Industry Services (OASIS)
National Biosolids Partnership
Northwest Biosolids Management Association
Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association
Water Environmental Research Foundation
Canadian Land Reclamation Association
Compost Council of Canada
Research
Biosolids Applied to Land: Advancing Standards and Practices, 2002 (PDF) - The National Research Council’s report on the status of biosolids land application standards in the United States.
Update of Study initiated by WEAO in 1999 as part of an ongoing effort to improve the agricultural land application of sewage biosolids in Ontario (PDF).
Virginia’s Biosolids Expert Panel Report, 2008
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme’s Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and Biosolids Management, 2008 - Extensive United Nation’s publication on the status of sewage biosolids in 38 countries.
Fact Sheet - Land Application of Sewage Biosolids: Environmental Protection, Science, Policy and the Nutrient Management Regulation (PDF)