isolated from an activated sludge wastewater treatment reactor. In the tube on the right, planktonic growth by a floc-impaired mutant results in a turbid appearance. Floc formation may benefit the ...

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems. But exactly what these ...

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems. But what, exactly ...

Its energy grid faces three pressing challenges at once: an unreliable electricity supply, strict emissions reduction targets and ongoing environmental issues related to wastewater ponds.

Billions of microbes in wastewater treatment plants happily gobble up all nutrients in the water that’s flushed down our drains. This reduces our risk of getting sick and helps improve surface ...

A group of researchers is on the way to revolutionizing what biomass from wastewater treatment plants can be used for. Biopolymers from bacteria can be a sustainable alternative to oil-based ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has said the slow pace of delivery of wastewater treatment upgrades by Uisce Éireann is unacceptable. It says the more it delays fixing the issues causing ...

The location too, plays a role – the diversity of microbes present will differ greatly between the soil of an urban park, a wastewater pipe, or a covered concrete parking garage. But no matter ...

Wastewater treatment at 10 cities and large towns is failing to meet EU standards set to protect the environment, the EPA has found. Large population centres not meeting the required standard ...

The next biggest was 20 million gallons into the Manatee River in Bradenton. Wastewater treatment plants were offline, manholes overflowed and tons of waste contaminated waterways throughout the ...