Bacterial battery fuels recovery of valuable commodities from wastewater
A team at Virginia Tech has devised a system to recover ammonia from wastewater using a natural electrochemical engine: bacteria.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 15, 2015
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Hydrogeology of a rapid infiltration basin system
The Delaware Geological Survey has released a new technical report titled "Hydrogeology of a Rapid Infiltration Basin System at Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware."
Environment
Dec 11, 2015
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Feds plan new guidelines on toxic algae in lakes, rivers
New national guidelines are being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to protect swimmers and kayakers from the growing threats posed by toxic algae in lakes and rivers.
Environment
Nov 26, 2015
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Professor offers primer on energy usage and drinking water
In January 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that a staggering $2.6 billion worth of treated drinking water is lost each year due to leaking water mains and approximately 240,000 main breaks. ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2015
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Water-treatment plants are not supposed to harm the functioning of river ecosystems
Despite the fact that the main function of water treatment plants is to clean the polluted waste water produced by human activity, "the effluent from them turns into a source of many pollutants in rivers", explained Ibon ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2015
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Student moves from theory to proof in fuel cell research
Sadia Kabir is exploring a new world in the basement of Farris Engineering Building. The Ph.D. engineering student works in the research group headed by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biologicall ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2015
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What does it take to escape the water? Plankton have clues
Dolphins and whales may attract a lot of attention when they leap dramatically out of the water. But aquatic animals thousands of times smaller are accomplished jumpers, too.
General Physics
Oct 13, 2015
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Waste water treatment plants fail to completely eliminate new chemical compounds
Deformities, feminisation and fall in reproductive capacity are some of the effects that living organisms can be afflicted by due to changes in the endocrine system caused by these compounds. A study conducted on the Basque ...
Environment
Oct 8, 2015
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Court orders EPA to revise ship ballast dumping regulations
A federal appeals court ordered the government Monday to rewrite its regulations on ballast water discharges from ships, one of the leading culprits in the spread of invasive species across U.S. waterways.
Environment
Oct 6, 2015
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EPA says it will build temporary treatment plant for mine
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will set up a temporary treatment plant for wastewater flowing from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado after 3 million gallons surged out of the mine in August, ...
Environment
Sep 24, 2015
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