Four Black & Veatch experts weigh in on six FAQs about the U.S. EPA’s recent Draft Sewage Sludge Assessment for PFOA and PFOS ...

When the trucks don’t arrive in time at a sewage plant near Cutler Bay, the smell from 350 tons of tarry black muck leftover ...

Researchers have adapted medical dialysis to treat high-salinity organic wastewater, efficiently separating salts from organics with lower energy use and minimal fouling. This method offers ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo say they've made a breakthrough in introducing a new trait into bacteria found in wastewater, giving them the ability to break down microplastics.

Waterloo team tackles microplastic pollution Researchers in Waterloo are using bacteria to try and breakdown microplastics. Ashley Bacon tells us how.

Tucson officials are moving forward on a plan to create southern Arizona’s first water treatment facility that turns wastewater into drinking water. Tucson City Councilmembers voted to approve a ...

In a new study published in Nature Water, the team found that mimicking this same method can separate salts from organic substances with minimal dilution of the wastewater, simultaneously addressing ...

A wastewater sample from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission tested positive for H5 bird flu this week, according to WastewaterSCAN, a monitoring program based at Stanford University.

Microplastics can go right through wastewater treatment plants, and researchers have engineered bacteria commonly found there to break down this pollution before it can persist in the environment.

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Scientists at the University of Bergen have uncovered a remarkable diversity of behaviors within the rosette-shaped colonies of Salpingoeca rosetta, a rare species of choanoflagellate — the closest ...