News tagged with sewage
Europe's beaches clean, but France lagging: study
Europe's beaches are generally clean but France is lagging behind other tourist destinations in the south of the continent, a report from European Environment Agency (EEA) showed on Wednesday.
May 23, 2012 |
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Potomac tops conservation group's list of endangered rivers
The Potomac River is much healthier today than it was 40 years ago, when its chemical-laced, sewage-laden waters helped inspire the 1972 Clean Water Act. But the Washington waterway still has a long way to go, as suggested ...
May 21, 2012 |
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics
(AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today.
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Researchers let loo-se on unique project
University of Manchester researchers are beginning work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Two-in-one device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage
Scientists today described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up the sewage at the same ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Sediment sleuthing: Radioactive medicine being tracked through rivers
A University of Delaware oceanographer has stumbled upon an unusual aid for studying local waterways: radioactive iodine. Trace amounts of the contaminant, which is used in medical treatments, are entering ...
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Wastewater clues to illicit drug use
A new chemical analysis of sewage is revealing more detailed information than ever about drug abuse trends.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Device for harvesting energy and water from human waste gets green light
Work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste gets the go ahead this month.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Lawsuits against EPA target nutrients in US waters
(AP) -- Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to force the federal government to curb an overdose of nutrients from farms and cities that end up in the nation's rivers, lakes and coastal waters. ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Catching a coral killer
Coral reefs play an important role in marine ecosystems, so it's concerning to scientists, as well as ocean conservationists, that many coral reefs around the world are in distress or dying off.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Bacterial protein 'mops up' viruses found in contaminated water supplies
Access to clean water is a necessity often taken for granted. However UNICEF estimates that 900 million people across the world do not have access to safe drinking water. New research published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Sewage treatment plants may contribute to antibiotic resistance problem
Water discharged into lakes and rivers from municipal sewage treatment plants may contain significant concentrations of the genes that make bacteria antibiotic-resistant. That's the conclusion of a new study ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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An enzyme in fish can demonstrate environmental toxins
The level of the enzyme carbonyl reductase (CBR) is elevated in the livers of fish that have been exposed to cleaned wastewater. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg can show that CBR has properties that may make it ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Rare seahorses found in Thames
Evidence of a colony of rare seahorses has been discovered in the Thames, during a routine fisheries survey at Greenwich, the Environment Agency said on Friday.
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Raw sewage: Home to millions of undescribed viruses
Biologists have described only a few thousand different viruses so far, but a new study reveals a vast world of unseen viral diversity that exists right under our noses. A paper to be published Tuesday, October 4 in the online ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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