Popular Science

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Every time you pee, you excrete drugs and pollutants. Deposit Photos The trouble with sewage is you never know how many pees and poos are really in there—amiright? It all just flows into one treatment plant. Once it gets there, no one can tell how ma

Sunday Independent

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RESIDENT Michael Gaade says for the Vaal River to be clean again, authorities should start by clearing the Rietspruit River and inoperative wastewater treatments which have over time also added to the pollution and created a health hazard for the com

Farmer's Weekly

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There is no evidence that South Africa’s water supplies could become contaminated with the coronavirus responsible for the global coronavirus disease pandemic, according to industry stakeholders. This emerged in a panel discussion in a webinar hosted

Popular Science

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Unflushable. DepositPhotos Diehard contacts wearers (like the author of this article) will tell you the best thing about the lenses is that they’re invisible. But that very invisibility, while an asset in the eye, is an environmental liability after

Landscape Architecture Magazine

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Bangkok, Thailand, is known for its nearly 200 miles of elaborate waterways, some of which are home to communities embedded in civic waterway structures. The Khlong Toei community, an informal settlement, attracts tourists but has become an open-air

Futurity

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Researchers have created a polymer mat has the ability to fish biologically harmful contaminants from water through a strategy known as “bait, hook, and destroy.” Tests with wastewater showed the mat can efficiently remove targeted pollutants, in thi

NPR

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The governor declared a state of emergency for Manatee County, Fla., after officials were alerted to a leak in a wastewater pond.

Nautilus

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Jeffrey Hawkins Writer likes to say that the average drop of water entering the Mississippi River headwaters north of Minnesota will be used 11 times before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. That drop might irrigate crops, flow through wastewater treatm

(inside) interior design review

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D – Carr P – Sharyn Cairns “A magical Spiegeltent and Pandora’s box are the first words that come to mind in describing the Jackalope Hotel. It is a world away from the world; guests are entertained in the utmost opulent and cosmopolitan sense, infu

How It Works

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In countries where water is readily available to us, we can sometimes take it for granted. It has so many uses, either personally in our own homes, as part of most industrial processes or in agriculture to help us grow our food. However, once we have

Business Today

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At its core is water treatment, but the process is unique. Bengaluru based start up ECOSTP Technologies converts "bad water into good water using the cow stomach mechanism". A large part of sewage water in India is untreated, so the solution lies in

Futurity

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A study of seven wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern United States reveals a mixed record when it comes to removing medicines such as antibiotics and antidepressants. The research points to two treatment methods—granular activated carbon and o

Organic NZ

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Like a leaf of curly kale, Banks Peninsula fans out into the Pacific Ocean south of Christchurch. The small community of Little River rests at its base. Set amongst steep green hills, the village marks the start of the Little River Rail Trail walkway

Science Illustrated

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Until Covid-19 disrupted travel, some 20 million people were travelling each year on one of the world’s approximately 250 cruise ships. Passengers produce tonnes of waste of different types. Some is collected in tanks and left on dry land. Some is pu

How It Works

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Before the water can be released back into rivers and lakes, finishing touches need to be put in place to make it suitable for the surrounding wildlife and environment. Sometimes beneficial nutrients can be added. Other times nutrient-removal technol

Futurity

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Estrogens in treated wastewater that find their way into temporary wetlands known as vernal pools persist for weeks or even months, report researchers. That persistence may have implications for these critical aquatic habitats. An eight-week study of

NPR

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Each year, more than $3 million in gold and silver winds up in Swiss wastewater, scientists found. But in most cases, it doesn't make economic sense to extract and recycle the metals.

How It Works

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While sewage is generally classed under the one term, it isn’t all the same. There are three types: domestic sewage, industrial sewage and storm sewage. Wastewater leaving our houses is the domestic type, industrial is the waste product of chemical a

Post South Africa

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A FEW weeks ago, it was Chatsworth. Now residents in some parts of Verulam have been without water for 14 days. If the DA is to be believed, it is an eventuality for everyone living in KwaZulu-Natal. According to the DA, the infrastructure in the pro

India Today

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Till last year, Fateh Ali, 40, a resident of the Gwaltoli locality of Kanpur, was selling vegetables. He has now switched to selling fish, like many other families in the Gwaltoli, Khalasline, Shoetarganj neighbourhoods. His income is now twice what

India Today

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Every day, Kumar Saurabh reaches his office—the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Beur in Patna—at 9 am, and begins his day by touring the 2.17 acre area. The first stop for the 33-year-old operation and maintenance in-charge at this Voltas-operated fa

Organic NZ

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Email: editor@organicnz.org.nz Post: PO Box 9693, Marion Square, Wellington, 6141. WINNING LETTER Recently we opened a small coffee shop and specialty produce shop just out of Whangarei. We feel that it is important to support the health of our bodie

Popular Science

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Wastewater being treated with microbes. Rolf Halden Every day, more than 30 billion gallons of wastewater gushes through treatment plants in the United States. All of that poop, urine, soapy water and other waste might seem like a smelly nuisance. Bu

Practical Caravan

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GADGETS // KITCHEN KIT // OUTDOOR FURNITURE LifeStraw water filter This lightweight water filter makes contaminated water safe to drink by removing bacteria and parasites – reassuring for all of you keen walkers and adventurers! Price £25 Web www.cot

Independent on Saturday

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THE Covid-19 pandemic has put a spanner in the works of projects to improve KZN’s water system, with a lockdown loss of R12 million to Umgeni Water. It means that some municipalities will have to wait longer to be able to connect to bulk potable wate

Newsweek

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Most sources of drinking water in the U.S. are vulnerable to contamination from toxic forms of algae, and climate change might be increasing the risk.

Los Angeles Times

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NEW YORK - Becky Van and Kale Novalis knew exactly when and where they were going to tell each other "I love you" for the first time. It would be just before Valentine's Day. They would visit a landmark with a view of the Manhattan skyline. It was a

Nautilus

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Remember having to stay at home and wait for phone calls? (If you’re below a certain age, you can consult old movies, books, or TV shows—or just trust me on this.) It wasn’t so long ago that we all got mobile phones, but landlines already seem all bu

Landscape Architecture Magazine

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SONOMA MOUNTAIN Perched on a Northern California hillside between two state and regional parks, the Sonoma Mountain house and landscape play up the drama of their topography in both directions. A winding gravel road takes you up the hillside flanked

Sunday Independent

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COMMUNITIES in three collapsing municipalities continue to suffer because of the failure by the Gauteng Human Settlement and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) to implement measures to rescue them. The 2019/2020 annual report deta