Southern California has taken a major step forward on the path to developing a new sustainable water source from purified wastewater as...
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Biochar From Agricultural Waste Products Can Adsorb Wastewater Contaminants
Biochar — a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products — holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from...
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Calgary Brewery Makes Great Tasting Beer From Recycled Wastewater
As the Earth’s population grows and approaches a projected 9.7 billion by 2050, the world’s freshwaters will face mounting pressure to supply...
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City of Destin, Florida, Wins 2020 Tank of the Year Honors
A municipal water tank in Destin, Florida, is this year’s winner of the Tank of the Year competition sponsored by Tnemec Company,...
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Utility Reaches Thousands of Students Via Virtual Water/Wastewater Education Hub
COVID-19 hasn’t stopped the flow of wastewater into treatment plants, and it shouldn’t stop the stream of water education either.
The Prince William...
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Researchers Develop Membrane to Recover Nutrients for Fertilizer
Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have announced a process they developed called NPHarvest, which allows for the recovery of nitrogen and...
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Pioneering Resource Recovery Facility Wins WEF 2020 Project Excellence Award
Carollo Engineers, Inc., South Platte Renew (SPR), and J.R. Filanc Construction Company have received the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) prestigious 2020 Project Excellence...
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California District Begins Work On a Next-Generation Class A Digester Facility
The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) has engaged a team of Brown and Caldwell and Black & Veatch to deliver professional design...
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Using Molecular Diagnostics for Wastewater Monitoring
Wastewater treatment plant operators have relied on a variety of monitoring tools — DO, pH, SV30/SVI, sludge depth — to keep facilities...
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Lin Wins Prestigious Paul L. Busch Award for Innovative Water Research
Entry 243256Shihong Lin, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University, has won the 2020 Paul L. Busch Award from The Water Research...
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Researchers Harness the Power of Biosolids to Make Hydrogen
Researchers have used biosolids to produce hydrogen from wastewater in new technology that supports the comprehensive recycling of one of humanity’s unlimited...
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Bug of the Month: Nitrobacter's Role in Activated Sludge Processes
Treatment Plant Operator’s Bug of the Month is an ongoing series that spotlights the organisms present in wastewater microbiology. Each month a new...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Water Security
Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of...
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Purdue Scientist Gets EPA Funding to Study PFAS in Rural Waters
Entry 243285Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have long been used to make products like stain-resistant carpets and clothing, water-proofing textiles, grease- and...

















