Recent research has shown that chlorine, which is commonly used by treatment plants to disinfect sewage, may not completely eliminate pharmaceuticals from waste, contributing to antibiotic resistance.
DENVER, March 22, 2015 -- Chlorine, a disinfectant commonly used in most wastewater treatment plants, may be failing to completely eliminate pharmaceuticals from wastes. As a result, trace levels of ...
Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 30, No. 6 (Dec., 2007), pp. 1088-1094 (7 pages) Three bacterial water quality indicators, Clostridium perfringens, enterococci, and fecal coliforms, were compared to F-RNA ...
Ever since the advent of modern plumbing, people have embraced a practice of flush and forget. Unfortunately, public works employees and clean-water advocates rarely enjoy such a luxury, and recent ...
With water scarcity intensifying, wastewater treatment and reuse are gaining popularity. But some methods for killing microbes in wastewater create disinfection byproducts (DBPs) that could be harmful ...
COOS BAY — Coos Bay’s Wastewater Treatment Plant 1 experienced a chlorine leak Wednesday afternoon, when a valve that administers a chlorine neutralizing chemical broke. As a result of the failure, ...
A large-scale ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system was operated in parallel with an existing full-scale chlorination system for comparison of process performance at a 340 L/s (7.8 mgd) municipal ...
The city of Superior is looking to eliminate nearly 11 tons of chlorine from its wastewater treatment process. The council approved a proposal Tuesday by Strand Associates to provide preliminary ...
HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — The 607 thousand gallons of sewage water that accidentally flowed out into Hilo Bay had not been through the final step of chlorination. The Hawaii County Department of ...
DETROIT (WWJ) - A hazardous materials situation at the Waste Water Treatment plant in southwest Detroit has been contained. Detroit Fire Chief John King says a HAZMAT team and firefighters were called ...
Chlorine, a disinfectant used in most wastewater treatment plants, may be failing to eliminate pharmaceuticals from wastes. As a result, trace levels get discharged from the treatment plants into ...
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