Pioneering research utilizes high-throughput single-cell sequencing to demystify the microbial universe within activated sludge, a cornerstone of wastewater treatment. This study has unearthed a ...

A pilot study of a new method for treating sewage sludge from a wastewater treatment plant efficiently created renewable natural gas while reducing the cost of the treatment. The work, reported in the ...

Could one man's trash truly be another's treasure? Well, scientists have unveiled a technique that dramatically increases ...

The United States generates seven million tons of sewage sludge annually, enough to fill 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. While a portion of this waste is repurposed for manure and other land ...

A man standing in a laboratory, writing in his notebook. A team led by Case van Genuchten, seen here in in a laboratory in India, has found a way to extract metallic arsenic from wastewater sludge.

The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is a pollution success story. Over the last several decades, it transformed Boston Harbor from a nationally embarrassing cesspool into a swimmable bay. The ...

An overnight incident at Treatment Plant left village officials with a bit of a mess in the middle of last week. On Wednesday ...

The United States generates seven million tons of sewage sludge annually, enough to fill 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. While a portion of this waste is repurposed for manure and other land ...