News Briefs: Researchers Use Mussels to Scrub Bronx River of Nutrients

In this week's water and wastewater news, marine scientists in New York City study the efficiency of mussels in removing nitrogen from the Bronx River; and a group of five teenagers in Virginia embark on a water treatment apprenticeship program
News Briefs: Researchers Use Mussels to Scrub Bronx River of Nutrients

A team of marine scientists, a mussel farmer and youth volunteers in New York City recently stocked a raft with ribbed mussels to study whether the shellfish could be used to scrub the Bronx River Estuary of excess nutrients.

The group collected 32,000 mussels — native to the...

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