For two to three weeks each year, the Army Corps of Engineers pulls tons of sludge from the Black River in Ohio. Normally, that material would be poured into a collection facility in the harbor. But by next year, it will find its way farther downriver and, eventually, shipped back out as topsoil or other usable material. Read the full story by the Chronicle Telegram.
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