Treating wastewater properly is necessary to ensure good water quality. The EU has introduced new rules to better protect people and the environment. On this page A major cause of water pollution Main ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A membrane made up of block polymers has the customizable and uniform pore sizes needed for filtering or recovering particular substances from wastewater, researchers say in a ...

Even with today's various sewage-treatment technologies, a great deal of municipal wastewater is still released back into waterways either partially or completely untreated. According to a new study, ...

With water scarcity intensifying, wastewater treatment and reuse are gaining popularity. But some methods for killing microbes in wastewater create disinfection byproducts (DBPs) that could be harmful ...

Municipal wastewater contains a large range of excreted antibiotics and has therefore long been suspected to be a spawning ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at Rice University, in collaboration with Guangdong University of Technology, have uncovered an innovative approach to treating high-salinity organic wastewaters—streams containing both ...

How advanced post-treatment systems can significantly cut sludge production, lower operational costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transforming wastewater management ...