Sand and gravel mine reclamation in eastern Virginia is hampered by low mine soil water holding capacity and fertility levels. Application of biosolids at higher than agronomic rates has been recommended for these areas, but agency concerns over the potential for NO 3-N leaching to shallow ground water persist. In the fall of 1998 and the spring of 1999, a mixture of two different biosolids was applied to a 20-ha reclaimed site in the Virginia Coastal Plain at various rates ranging from 1.5 to 5x the agronomic N rate for corn (Zea mays). By the end of the 2000 growing season, the majority of the biosolids treated areas supported at least 90% vegetative cover, and most of the area supported 100% ground cover, with average standing biomass > 5 Mg/ha. Nitrate-N levels remained low in all wells within the treated areas over the winter/spring/summer of 1998/1999, indicating that a mixed application of two biosolids materials to the majority of the site had little effect on ground water with regard to NO 3-N. Of 13 monitoring wells under and downgradient of the application areas, only three showed any significant treatment effects, and all levels dropped to < 2 mg/L by the spring of 2001. Nitrate-N levels in several wells directly adjacent to an area receiving a 3x agronomic rate application of lime-stabilized biosolids slowly began to increase in the fall of 1999, peaked at 50 mg/L in late winter/early spring of 2000, and then dropped below drinking water standard levels (10 mg/L) by May, 2000. Neither the surface water within the site nor two external downgradient wells adjacent to the Mattaponi River showed any elevation in NO 3-N levels through the late winter of 2001. Significant background levels of NO 3-N appeared to be entering the site via ground water flow from an adjacent agricultural field. Overall, these data support earlier findings that while application of biosolids at higher than agronomic rates will lead to an ephemeral (first winter) leaching loss of NO 3-N, that the impact to ground water is highly localized, small in magnitude, and relatively short lived.