News tagged with sewer systems

The environment and pharmaceuticals and personal care products: What are the big questions?

Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers find green roof is a cost-effective way to keep water out of sewers

Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems and causing overflows, Columbia University researchers have found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Traces of pharmaceuticals found in central Indiana waterways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pharmaceuticals have been found in freshwater ecosystems in rural areas of central Indiana, says a new study from Ball State University.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Antibiotic resistance flourishes in freshwater systems

The author Dr. Seuss may have been on to something when he imagined that microscopic communities could live and flourish on small specs of dust, barely visible to the naked eye. In fact, such vibrant communities exist – ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research is ensuring stormwater systems are designed for the future

In a world of changing weather and rainfall patterns, engineers face challenges when designing stormwater management systems.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Geothermal heating system draws on limitless fuel: sewage

Among the many renewable energy sources - wind, solar, hydroelectric, biofuels - there is one to which we all contribute that has not yet managed to attract the romantic advocates who have embraced other forms of green energy.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

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. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

James Cameron, others to explore the real abyss

(AP) -- Earth's lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. It's a mission to the deepest part of the ocean, so deep that the pressure is the equivalent of three SUVs sitting ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Female sex hormones can weaken the ability of fish to protect themselves against environmental toxins

It is well known that female sex hormones (oestrogens) that end up in rivers and lakes, primarily via spillage from sewers and livestock farming, pose a threat to the environment.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carbonized coffee grounds remove foul smells

For coffee lovers, the first cup of the morning is one of life's best aromas. But did you know that the leftover grounds could eliminate one of the worst smells around – sewer gas?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New research expected to help utility companies predict service life of pipelines

Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers' Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are expected to hel ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Minorities pay more for water and sewer

Racial minorities pay systemically more for basic water and sewer services than white people, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Chemistry professor links feces and caffeine

Researchers led by Prof. Sébastien Sauvé of the University of Montreal's Department of Chemistry have discovered that traces of caffeine are a useful indicator of the contamination of our water by sewers. "E co ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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