Science news articles about 'wastewater treatment plant'

Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can't clean up fragments of superbugs -- bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics -- and until now, almost no one has noticed.

... that corresponded to a technology upgrade in the nearby wastewater treatment plant back in 1978. However, earlier ... that enhanced removal of TCC and TCS in wastewater treatment plants leads to accumulation of the problematic antimicrobial ...

Consumers should not be drinking water from local wastewater treatment plants, according to Michael Angove.

... to be less risky than similar exposures among wastewater treatment workers. In all, more than 300 air samples ... application sites appear to be lower than those at wastewater treatment plants, based on previously reported literature ...

... rich byproduct of sewage produced at wastewater treatment plants that can be applied to land as a fertilizer, has been scrutinized of late for its potential to transport disease-causing ...

... conditions more suitable for bacterial growth. "The bacterial communities in these fields almost resemble those found in wastewater treatment plants," Hartman noted. Soil bacteria ...

... drug use in entire communities from water flushed down toilets that enters municipal wastewater treatment plants. The technique may be an effective tool for comparing ...

... on downstream and upstream water from the Montreal wastewater treatment plant has revealed the presence of chemotherapy products ... have been detected in the treated water leaving the wastewater treatment plant and in the surface water of the St. Lawrence ...

Tests at the U.S. border have picked up traces of low-level radiation in sludge from the City of Ottawa's wastewater treatment plant.

... them to flowing water containing soybean oil to simulate the filtration process at a wastewater treatment plant. They showed that the aerogel beads absorbed ...

Fish caught near wastewater treatment plants serving five major U.S. cities had residues of pharmaceuticals in them, including medicines ...

A wastewater treatment plant's job description is pretty straightforward: Remove contaminants from sewage so it can be returned to the environment without harming people or wildlife. [More]

A wastewater treatment plant's job description is pretty straightforward: Remove contaminants from sewage so it can be returned to the environment without harming people or wildlife. [More]

... bacteria in wastewater treatment plants, the stars align perfectly to create a hedonistic mating ground ... sites in and near Ann Arbor's wastewater treatment plant. They found the so-called superbugs---bacteria ...

... . The remains were discovered during the expansion of a wastewater treatment plant. Archaeologists preparing for the expansion of a Tucson wastewater treatment facility have discovered the remains of the earliest known ...