Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance blog
Featured Member: GreenTechnologies
Florida-based GreenTechnologies creates environmentally sound lawn and landscape solutions for personal, commercial and public interests. They develop products from renewable resources, for advancement of nutrient recycling and improving environmental quality.
Featured Member: NACWA
Where does your organization operate and what is your business model? National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) is the nation’s recognized leader in legislative, regulatory, legal and communications advocacy
To Dose, or Not to Dose? The Orthophosphate Paradox
By Emily Remmel, Director of Regulatory Affairs, NACWA In the wake of the public health crisis that unfolded (and continues to unfold) in Flint, Michigan, EPA is critically thinking about
A Long Journey to a Book About Phosphorus
By Jim Elser, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, and Phil Haygarth, Lancaster University, UK Does the world need a book about phosphorus? In 2010 Jim decided that the answer was “yes”, reflecting
SERA-17 Meets Virtually to Discuss P
By Matt Scholz, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance The SERA-17 information exchange group hosted its annual meeting virtually on October 15, emceed by their Chair, Dr. John Kovar of the USDA-ARS in
Featured Member: Ostara
How big is your company and where does it operate? Ostara is about 30 people and operates across North America and Europe primarily. What does your company do related to
Journey to Improve Water Quality in Powers Lake
By Laura M. Fleming, President and CFO of SRS Crisafulli, Inc. Outbreaks of blue-green algae in a 1,616-acre natural lake, created an emergent call to action in the 1990’s from
USDA and OCP North America Jointly Fund Phosphorus Research
OCP North America has provided matching funds to support a two-year postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Dr. Carl Bolster, research hydrologist at the USDA-ARS’s Food Animal Environmental Systems
AgSTAR’s New Anaerobic Digester Project Development Handbook
By Vanessa McKinney and Nick Elger of AgSTAR For 26 years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) AgSTAR Program has been helping farmers and communities across the United
Featured Member: Biochar Now
How big is your company and where does it operate? Our company currently has a biochar production operation in Berthoud Colorado. We currently have 23 employees. We have recently closed
Alliance’s Phosphorus Transport Modeling Group Meets
By Dr. Matt Scholz Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance hosted its second in-person workshop of what’s been rebranded as its Phosphorus Transport Modeling Group in San Antonio, Texas,
Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion
By Dr. Michelle Young Arizona State University, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Food waste is a problem in the United States. About 30 to 40% of the U.S. food supply,