The processing of foods typically generates a lot of wastewater, which has to be cleaned up before being released back into local waterways. According to new research, however, that water could first ...

A proposed plant that would use a high-heat process to turn sludge into fertilizer has residents worried about odors and property values.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment image: Researchers Jeremy Guest, right, and Yalin Li led a team at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy ...

Food scraps emit greenhouse gases like methane, which can instead be captured by wastewater plants that are designed to process organic matter.

Water scarcity is a growing issue across the world, with more than 2 billion people lacking access to safe drinking water, but new research on wastewater processing could help improve the situation.

When shrimp are processed at seafood plants, the resulting wastewater contains a lot of protein. Scientists have now devised a method of harvesting that protein, so it can be used to supplement animal ...

Scientists in Germany have recently found out that alkaline wastewater from steel and cement ...

PERRYSBURG, Ohio — Perrysburg has begun an $8.5 million rehabilitation project at its wastewater treatment plant aimed at modernizing the facility’s digester system. Construction started on Monday and ...

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