In a new study, researchers show how a simple system using woodchips and a bit of glorified sawdust --- designer biochar --- can dramatically reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and multiple common drugs in ...

From delivering potable water to collecting wastewater, nearly 100 high school and college students got an up-close look at ...

Due to a wastewater release, an area of Boggy Bayou in Valparaiso has been put under a health advisory for the near future.

Experts and stakeholders from across the region will be attending the session, which aims to evaluate the potential of constructed wetlands as a green and cost-effective technology ...

What happens to ibuprofen after it eases your throbbing headache? Like many pharmaceuticals, it can remain in an active form when our bodies flush it ...

Now, researchers report in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology that they have discovered an enzyme that breaks apart PET in a rather unusual place: microbes living in sewage sludge. The enzyme ...

When everything is working well, the soil in the drainfield filters the wastewater, and natural bacteria and microbes break ...

In a release, health officials noted that waters contaminated with wastewater could cause several health hazards to humans and contain untreated human waste with microbes that can cause ...

microbes living in sewage sludge. The enzyme could be used by wastewater treatment plants to break apart microplastic ...

The world is full of microbes, and many of them like the taste of waste. Some carbon monoxide-loving microbes can be ...

BMC plans to spend ₹640 crore to upgrade two storm water pumping stations and implement bioremediation at six wastewater treatment plants in Mumbai.

A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds. Scientists ...