Taking On the ‘Other’ Pollutant at a Massachusetts Onsite Treatment Center

Phosphorus joins nitrogen as researchers attack nonpoint pollution sources impacting the nation’s waterways

Taking On the ‘Other’ Pollutant at a Massachusetts Onsite Treatment Center

 Brian Baumgaertel, director of the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center, is shown at the site of phosphorus project. (submitted photo)

All across the country, people interested in water quality have been talking about nitrogen, where it’s coming from and how to control it. But there is another nutrient just as important but less often in the spotlight, and now it’s due for attention.

“Phosphorus has been...

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