“Sustainable, green wastewater treatment technologies will play a vital role in meeting our nation’s challenges,” says Fawzi Banat, ... 4-nitrophenol pollutes water courses, ...

The challenges of wastewater treatment are undeniable, but the solutions are within reach. It’s time to reimagine the industry as a cornerstone of sustainability.

The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Sello Seitlholo, has encouraged the Mogalakwena Local Municipality in Limpopo to ...

A group of potentially toxic “forever chemicals,” mostly coming from prescribed drugs, may be contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans, as wastewater treatment plants fail to ...

A new wastewater treatment plant commenced operations yesterday as part of a wider effort to protect the Pearl River. The Guangzhou Xilang wastewater treatment scheme is the nation's first public ...

Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough “forever chemicals” to raise concentrations in drinking water above the safe limit for millions of people. Close.

Scientists find that most of the microplastics and the 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS cycle through landfills and wastewater treatment plants and end up back in the environment.

Today, the Council gave the final green light for a revised EU directive on urban wastewater treatment. The revised directive extends the scope to smaller agglomerations, covers more pollutants, ...

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Wastewater treatment plants reduce but do not fully eliminate microplastics, allowing these particles and associated pollutants such as Bisphenols, PFAS, and antibiotics to enter the environment.