“Wastewater is a huge reservoir of microplastics and nanoplastics,” Aristilde said. “Most people think nanoplastics enter wastewater treatment plants as nanoplastics. But we’re showing that ...

Nearly all the water flowing in the San Antonio River is recycled water. In other words: It's treated wastewater. Sewage from ...

This month, statewide regulations for what’s technically called “direct potable reuse” went into effect. The rules allow ...

"Most people think nanoplastics enter wastewater treatment plants as nanoplastics. But we're showing that nanoplastics can be formed during wastewater treatment through microbial activity.

Typically, in effluent treatment plants (ETPs), high energy consumption is required for treating wastewater. However, by integrating capacitive MFCs into ETPs, we can reduce power consumption ...

To identify virus levels and larger trends, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relies on a large network of sampling sites at wastewater treatment facilities across the country.

The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) researcher Jone Bilbao has detected considerable physicochemical improvements ...

The enzyme could be used by wastewater treatment plants to break apart microplastic particles and upcycle plastic waste. Next, the researchers used protein analysis to identify the key enzyme that ...

The treatment plant along the Napa ... NapaSan recycles wastewater to irrigate such landscapes as vineyards and golf courses. And, with the linear generator, it turns biogas into electricity. " ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has said the slow pace of delivery of wastewater treatment upgrades by Uisce Éireann is unacceptable. It says the more it delays fixing the issues causing ...

Though the bacteria are promising tools for combating pollution, they are not quite ready to be thrown into wastewater treatment plants and landfills as a cleanup crew. “The way we want the ...