Tracking Wastewater's Path to Wells and Groundwater

Although people often “flush it and forget it” when it comes to wastewater, it’s important to track it to ensure it doesn’t end up in unwanted places. That’s why a group of Canadian scientists is pursuing an unlikely solution to trace where wastewater ends up. What’s something found in all wastewater that will allow us to account for all of it? The answer, of all things, is artificial sweeteners. These have several advantages over other compounds sometimes used to track wastewater in the environment, according to the researchers. “They are very specific to wastewater and have very few other possible