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Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) can be a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment, but the water sector still has a long way to go in...
Wastewater treatment plant cuts energy use by 20% with new biological treatment system
Xylem’s innovative solution helps improve water quality of local river. The Alto Seveso urban wastewater treatment plant, located in northern Italy, treats...
Teen’s innovative sticker helps solve global water challenge
More than four million people today use sunlight to disinfect their water, but until recently there was no easy way to know exactly how much sunlight was...
Young inventors use food waste to create sustainable water filter
The winners of this year’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize developed a more sustainable way to produce a material used in water filters. Using the rinds of...
Organic micropollutants in wastewater, also known as trace substances, have increasingly come under scrutiny from the authorities responsible for water...
Award-winning invention could change drinking water treatment
You wouldn’t think that the graphite inside a pencil could lead to an invention that detects and removes harmful bacteria from water. But that is exactly what...