All wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) require upkeep and reinvestment to maintain efficacy and efficiency, and these improvements, which require infrastructure and equipment investments, frequently ...

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

Wastewater treatment using photosynthetic bacteria is emerging as a sustainable technology that not only removes pollutants but also facilitates resource recovery. These microorganisms, particularly ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

A group of researchers has analyzed 1,240 wastewater samples from 351 cities in 111 different countries and found that ...

Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is vital to the ...

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems. But what, exactly, these ...

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought ...

BUTTE — The “gooey nightmare” that overwhelmed Butte-Silver Bow’s wastewater treatment plant in early April overindulged on grease, possibly bacon grease. The brown, sponge-like foam that bloomed so ...

Discover how researchers found that microplastics in waterways can act as a carrier for pathogens and antimicrobial resistant ...

Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022. — © AFP JOSH EDELSON Europe produced 58.8 million tonnes of plastics in 2022. — © AFP JOSH EDELSON ...