All wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) require upkeep and reinvestment to maintain efficacy and efficiency, and these improvements, which require infrastructure and equipment investments, frequently ...

The town is legally required to make upgrades by 2028, and faces more than $90,000 per day in fines if they don’t.

Wastewater contains untapped resources that, if reclaimed, could power agriculture, global sanitation, and its own treatment ...

Wastewater treatment using photosynthetic bacteria is emerging as a sustainable technology that not only removes pollutants but also facilitates resource recovery. These microorganisms, particularly ...

Portland, Ore. — An environmental engineer has found a way not only to cleanse contaminated wastewater with its own bacteria but to generate electricity from the funky flow. Lars Angenent, an ...

Municipal wastewater contains a large range of excreted antibiotics and has therefore long been suspected to be a spawning ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Now, a study led by a team from the ...

Microalgae have emerged as a promising solution for wastewater treatment and biofuel production due to their high metabolic efficiency and ability to utilize nutrients. However, large-scale algal ...

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems. But what, exactly, these ...

Elevated counts of bacteria have been found in samples of treated effluent taken at the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant after sequential storm events with heavy rainfall. The city’s ...

Bacteria levels at the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant are within permit levels, recent water samples have shown. The City and County of Honolulu said that there were elevated levels of ...

Wastewater contains untapped resources that, if reclaimed, could power agriculture, global sanitation, and its own treatment ...