​Princeton Researchers Claim WWTPs Emit Nearly Twice as Much Methane as Previously Thought

By finding and mitigating fugitive methane emissions, treatment plants could reduce greenhouse gas emissions while maximizing the methane recovered for use as an energy source

​Princeton Researchers Claim WWTPs Emit Nearly Twice as Much Methane as Previously Thought

Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton University. And since methane warms the planet over 80 times more powerfully than carbon dioxide over 20...

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