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 ...
“It is good to expose water to sunlight.” This citation from the Indian Sanskrit Ousruta Sanghita, dating from 2000BC, extracted by Francis Evelyn Place in 1905, describes the basic principle of ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of the most pervasive problems afflicting people throughout the world is inadequate access to clean water and sanitation. Problems with water are expected to grow worse in the coming decades, with ...
The sustainability of freshwater supplies is a growing concern that is being jeopardized by population growth, aged infrastructure, changing climate patterns, and increasing demands by economic ...
Area residents are invited to learn more about the disinfection methods at the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant (ABTP).The gathering will take place on Monday, Dec. 7 at the Mennonite New Life Centre, ...
Incomplete water disinfection may unintentionally accelerate the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic ...
A team tested how well current water and wastewater disinfecting methods affect antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial DNA. While these methods work well to deter bacterial growth, they had varied ...