Wastewater is laced with nitrates that harm ecosystems and human health. Engineers have now designed a practical reactor based on a solid electrolyte to efficiently convert those nitrates into ammonia ...

Water-soluble nitrite (NO 2 ⁻) pollution from agricultural runoff and industrial discharge poses serious risks to ecosystems and human health. Excessive nitrite in drinking water can cause severe ...

Darrell Shook is not the first to ask what Des Moines Water Works does with the nitrates it filters from drinking water. “I've heard that they put the nitrates back in the river at the allowable rate.

A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a groundbreaking technology that transforms nitrates found in wastewater into ammonia, a vital chemical and promising energy carrier, without carbon ...

Nitrate pollution in water threatens ecosystems and human health, yet removing it efficiently without producing harmful ...

Merced’s Wastewater Treatment Plant plays a vital role in protecting the environment as well as humans as treated water and biosolids eventually make their way back into the environment. Multiple ...

A new type of biofilm reactor adapted to Brazilian conditions and using polyurethane foam to lower costs can reduce the amount of nitrogen compounds in wastewater by as much as 70%, according to an ...

A type of bacteria accidentally discovered during research could fundamentally reshape efforts to cut the huge amount of electricity consumed during wastewater clean-up. The discovery has upended a ...