Wastewater plants emit nearly twice the methane and nitrous oxide predicted, contributing more to climate change than ...

Few people get as excited about wastewater as Thomas Fudge. He has good reason: He and his colleagues believe they have figured out how to turn sludge into gold. Wastewater from places like breweries ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, ♳). This polymer is used to make bottles, containers and even clothing. Now, researchers report ...

Municipal wastewater treatment plants are ineffective at removing Prozac (fluoxetine) and other common pharmaceuticals in wastewater, causing the drugs to be discharged into lakes, rivers and streams ...

Wastewater plants emit about twice as much greenhouse gas as previously believed, according to Princeton engineers who used a ...

MICROrganic Technologies wants to revolutionize wastewater treatment. Based in Troy, New York, the company recently crossed a major milestone when it demonstrated a commercial prototype of VIVA™, a ...

The municipality has invested millions to pressure cook sewage sludge, in hopes of cutting its climate pollution.

LOOKED LIKE THIS? RAW SEWAGE CHOKING ALL LIFE? TURNS OUT SOME OF THE LARGEST MATT AND WELL GROSSEST CHALLENGES CAN BE OVERCOME BY THE SMALLEST OF HEROES. IN THIS CASE, MICROORGANISMS AND NOW WE’RE ...

STICKNEY, Ill. -- The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's wastewater treatment plant in near Stickney, Ill. has many names, both formal and informal. The formal name is the Stickney Water ...