This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region. From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to ...

To handle increasing wastewater loads, sewage treatment plants are adopting more advanced treatment processes. However, many of these approaches require additional space and energy, highlighting the ...

PHOENIXVILLE — Everything old is new again, at least at the Phoenixville Wastewater Treatment Plant. There, a “new” technology whose actual discovery dates back to before World War I is getting ready ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into ...

A research team has developed a novel wastewater treatment system that can effectively remove conventional pollutants, and recover valuable resources such as phosphorus and organic materials. This ...

Wastewater runoff in Hampton Roads carries hidden pollutants into local waterways, impacting fish, public health, and the ...

When you send anything down a drain or flush anything down a toilet in Greeley, the city’s sewage system collects it all in one big, stinky pipe on the east side of the city. That pipe drops the ...

Power plant owners, operators and technical personnel continue to be faced with increasingly stringent restrictions regarding the quantity and quality of plant wastewater streams. Besides concern over ...

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