Brazilian and American scientists are attempting to determine emerging contaminants in the environment based on the comparison of water and sewage treatment systems in each country. They are collecting samples from a wide ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2017
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New Indiana University research shows many Americans don't know how clean water gets to their homes and especially what happens after wastewater is flushed away, knowledge that is vital in confronting challenges including ...
Environment
May 31, 2017
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Catalysts created by Carnegie Mellon University chemist Terrence J. Collins effectively and safely remove a potent and dangerous endocrine disruptor from wastewater.
Materials Science
Jun 12, 2015
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Ohio's efforts to slow the spread of toxic algae in Lake Erie will soon force some farmers to change how they handle livestock manure and require more testing for pollutants at the state's largest wastewater treatment plants.
Environment
Apr 2, 2015
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When we think about unsafe drinking water, our minds may leap to contaminated wells in developing nations or flood damage to sewage systems. It's easy to feel removed from these issues. Yet each year viruses, bacteria and ...
Environment
Mar 18, 2015
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Leakages of nutrients necessary for food production – especially nitrogen and phosphorus – cause severe eutrophication to the Earth's aquatic ecosystems and promote climate change. However, this threat also hides an opportunity. ...
Environment
Feb 23, 2015
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A University of Georgia soil scientist is studying how on-site home septic systems affect the quality and quantity of water in Georgia's rivers and streams.
Environment
Jan 23, 2014
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An innovative new way of treating dairy wastewater and whey could cut water and energy consumption dramatically, saving the food industry millions of euros.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 27, 2013
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New revelations of contaminated water leaking from storage tanks at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have raised alarm, coming just weeks after Japanese officials acknowledged that radioactive water ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 5, 2013
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A tropical plant species could revolutionise the way wastewater is cleaned and managed in the developing world, field research has shown.
Environment
Aug 29, 2013
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