Science news articles about 'waste water treatment'

... for only 1% of the total volume of wastewater, but it contains up to 80% of all the nutrients. Separating urine from other wastewater can result in a highly efficient waste water treatment facility.

... impacts of an alternative fuel that solves various problems simultaneously. This is the solid waste from the water treatment plants of large cities. The scientists have carried out the first study ...

... of a new line of research. Chemists are investigating chemical treatment capable of eliminating contaminants dumped by industry, in order to reuse the waste water. Industrial activity is one of the ...

TARRAGONA, Spain, June 30 (UPI) -- Spanish scientists say mud from waste water treatment plants can be an alternative fuel, enabling cement factories to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions.

... have been developing pollution reduction policies for the estuary since 1997. The measures adopted have included waste water treatment, metal retention processes, waste treatment and ...

... to treat biofilm related infections and may improve technologies for waste water treatment plants or microbial fuel cells. Using a soil bacterium called Bacillus subtilis, Dr Stanley-Wall ...

Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta ...

... the two German sewage treatment plants, indicating incomplete elimination during waste water treatment. Their analyses also showed that these pollutants contaminate rivers and streams receiving water ...