Technology converts human waste into bio-based fuel It may sound like science fiction, but wastewater treatment plants across the United States may one day turn ordinary sewage into biocrude... Read more
Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment... Read more
Catalysts created by Carnegie Mellon University chemist Terrence J. Collins effectively and safely remove a potent and dangerous endocrine disruptor from wastewater. In a paper published in... Read more
For years scientists have been aware of the potential problems of antibiotics being present in wastewater, and the research of Dr. Olya Keen is now showing that treatments to clean wastewate... Read more
A Missouri University of Science and Technology professor has shown that improving wastewater treatment and saving energy are not only essential, but they’re also compatible. Dr. Jianmin Wan... Read more
Swimming microengines made from platinum and iron are highly efficient in removing organic pollutants from water using hydrogen peroxide. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intell... Read more
Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants says a new report Only about half of the prescription drugs and othe... Read more
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a new technique to prevent pharmaceutical residues from entering waterways and harming wildlife. The new water tr... Read more