News tagged with sewage
Reclaimed Riddle
(PhysOrg.com) -- It was the "yuck factor" of reclaimed water that got Karyna Rosario thinking. As communities increasingly turn to reclaimed water as a source for irrigation - and some communities consider ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Chesapeake Bay cleanup a local issue for Pennsylvania, expert says
(PhysOrg.com) -- As federal agencies respond this month to President Barack Obama's executive order to redouble efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, the challenge in Pennsylvania is to focus on local initiatives ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Some aspects of birding not always environmentally friendly, professor says
Once upon a trash heap dreary, while he wandered, weak and weary, University of Illinois English professor and birding enthusiast Spencer Schaffner raised his binoculars, focused and had a eureka moment.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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They're alive! Megacities breathe, consume energy, excrete wastes and pollute
A scientific trend to view the world's biggest cities as analogous to living, breathing organisms is fostering a deep new understanding of how poor air quality in megacities can harm residents, people living ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Energy efficient sewage plants
High-rate digestion with microfiltration is state-of-the-art in large sewage plants. It effectively removes accumulated sludge and produces biogas to generate energy. A study now reveals that even small plants can benefit ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Waters along upper Atlantic seaboard the most pristine, report says
The nation's cleanest beachwaters are along the upper half of the Atlantic seaboard, in Virginia, Delaware and New Hampshire, a national environmental group said Wednesday.
Jul 30, 2009 |
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps
(AP) -- One contributor to global warming - bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants - is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse ...
Jun 20, 2009 |
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Cameron Davis appointed as Great Lakes czar
(AP) -- Cameron Davis, leader of a Chicago-based environmentalist group, has been appointed to oversee President Barack Obama's initiative to clean up the Great Lakes.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Cholesterol-busting bug with a taste for waste
A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr Oliver Drzyzga and colleagues isolated the new bug, called Gordonia ch ...
May 14, 2009 |
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Sewage treatment in the East may be enough to reduce Baltic algal blooms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Upgrading sewage treatment in the southeastern Baltic Sea states to Swedish standards may suffice to reduce algal blooms in the Baltic to levels of the 1950s. This is shown in a study performed by Andreas ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Study: Range of pharmaceuticals in fish across US
(AP) -- Fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities had residues of pharmaceuticals in them, including medicines used to treat high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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City buses turn to sewage for 'clean' fuel
Can the key to "clean" energy be found down in the sewer? That's the idea in Oslo, where city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay
Signs were posted at several shorelines and parks in Richmond, Calif., warning that water might be contaminated with harmful bacteria after nearly 1 million gallons of runoff and raw sewage overflowed and spilled into San ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Nile Delta fishery grows dramatically thanks to run-off of sewage, fertilizers
(PhysOrg.com) -- While many of the world’s fisheries are in serious decline, the coastal Mediterranean fishery off the Nile Delta has expanded dramatically since the 1980s.
Jan 20, 2009 |
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Nile Delta fishery grows dramatically thanks to run-off of sewage, fertilizers
While many of the world's fisheries are in serious decline, the coastal Mediterranean fishery off the Nile Delta has expanded dramatically since the 1980s.
Jan 19, 2009 |
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