Few people get as excited about wastewater as Thomas Fudge. He has good reason: He and his colleagues believe they have figured out how to turn sludge into gold. Wastewater from places like breweries ...

Zymo Research Corporation, a global leader in molecular biology and pathogen detection, is proud to sponsor the Microbes in Wastewater Symposium 2026, taking place January 15--16, 2026, at the Balboa ...

Microplastics gather drug resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted sites into ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, ♳). This polymer is used to make bottles, containers and even clothing. Now, researchers report ...

Municipal wastewater contains a large range of excreted antibiotics and has therefore long been suspected to be a spawning ...

A group of researchers has analyzed 1,240 wastewater samples from 351 cities in 111 different countries and found that ...

A nitrogen cycling bacterium turns toxic solvent wastewater into biodegradable plastic, using the solvent itself to block ...

MICROrganic Technologies wants to revolutionize wastewater treatment. Based in Troy, New York, the company recently crossed a major milestone when it demonstrated a commercial prototype of VIVA™, a ...

Aquacycl’s modular technology helps clean up contaminated water before it flows down the drain. In some cases, it can also be reused onsite after it’s cleaned. This article is about one of the ...

STICKNEY, Ill. -- The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's wastewater treatment plant in near Stickney, Ill. has many names, both formal and informal. The formal name is the Stickney Water ...