Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland ...

While biolace presents a promising solution, its effectiveness in handling illegal industrial discharges and shock loads was ...

Primary and secondary wastewater treatment processes are essential for removing pollutants, ensuring environmental stability ...

Facilities use transport of solids, new technology, and improved automation to experience significant waste handling savings.

“If bacteria survive in a harsh, polluted environment, it’s probably because they have adapted to use surrounding chemical ...

A University at Buffalo study reveals that a strain isolated from contaminated soil can break down the strong carbon-fluorine ...

Environmental advocates are renewing calls to ban the use of sewage sludge — or "biosolids" — as fertilizer, after an Environmental Protection Agency draft report found there may be health ...

Using sludge also means farmers need to use less synthetic fertilizer made from fossil fuel. But for the first time, the E.P.A. said on Tuesday that the “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge ...

Chemicals found in sewage sludge that some farmers use to fertilize fields and pastures can pose a threat to human and animal health, the US Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.