sludge

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What’s more, he estimated that about 30 homes were “red tagged,” or currently deemed unsafe to inhabit, after debris flows choked homes with pounds and pounds of sludge.

From Los Angeles Times

Today, much of that material ends up in the sewage sludge produced at wastewater treatment plants.

From Science Daily

Images taken at the time revealed that the waterway, which runs alongside the property, had risen to dangerous levels and was filled with sludge and debris.

From MarketWatch

In the open sewer outside, plastic bags and bottles drift through charcoal-grey sludge, its stench thick in the air.

From BBC

Residents at the time described seeing slurry carrying "trees and big boulders", and buildings left deep in sludge and mud.

From BBC