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Effectiveness of wastewater treatment may be damaged during a severe flu pandemic

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Existing plans for antiviral and antibiotic use during a severe influenza pandemic could reduce wastewater treatment efficiency prior to discharge into receiving rivers, resulting in water quality deterioration at drinking water abstraction points.
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Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health

Mercury in Bay Area fish a legacy of California mining

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called “public enemy No. 1” in California’s San Francisco Bay.
Mercury mining and gold recovery in the mid-1800s to late 1900s, combined with present day oil ref…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans, Technology

Wastewater treatment lowers pathogen levels

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Madison, WI DECEMBER 30, 2010 — A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona has tracked the incident of pathogens in biosolids over a 19 year period in one major U.S. city. In the same study, the researchers also analyzed …

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Long-lasting chemicals threaten the environment and human health

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Every hour, an enormous quantity and variety of manmade chemicals, having reached the end of their useful lifespan, flood into wastewater treatment plants. These large-scale processing facilities, however, are designed only to remove nutrients…

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University of Minnesota engineering researcher finds new way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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New findings by civil engineering researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering shows that treating municipal wastewater solids at higher temperatures may be an effective tool in the fight against antibiotic-resista…

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What Have Engineers Learned from Katrina?

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