For nearly a century, improvement in human healthcare has depended heavily on the efficiency with which we can treat bacterial diseases. But today, antibiotic resistance--the ability of certain mutant ...

Poultry scientists with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are testing new technology aimed at reducing the substantial amount of water typically used to process chicken for ...

Each year at least 2 million Americans are infected with bacteria that cannot be treated with antibiotics, and at least 23,000 of these people die, according to the Centers for Disease Control. These ...

WYOMING, MI -- Wyoming has enlisted an engineering firm to study the savings and upfront costs of using ultraviolet light instead of chemicals in their wastewater disinfection process. The UV light ...

This paper reviews the current state-of-the-art of municipal wastewater disinfection technologies from an operational and practical viewpoint. Most of the literature selected for review dates back ...

A large-scale ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system was operated in parallel with an existing full-scale chlorination system for comparison of process performance at a 340 L/s (7.8 mgd) municipal ...

MANILA, Philippines — Maynilad has started operating a reclamation facility and new water treatment plant that provides potable water using a “direct potable reuse” process. The company says the ...

Some natural gas extraction operations have sent the highly saline water left over from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to wastewater treatment plants for disposal. These plants then discharge ...

Viruses are everywhere in wastewater treatment plants, quietly interacting with bacteria as sewage is cleaned and reused.