All wastewater treatment articles
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ResearchThere is unexpected chemistry going on in lithium deposits
After decades understanding pH controls boron speciation in seawater and other saline waters it turns out the opposite is true with lithium brines
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WebinarThe pivotal role of chemistry in India’s sustainable development
Learn how chemistry is playing an important role in shaping the future of sustainable development in India
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BusinessHow can we maintain the effectiveness of existing antimicrobials?
Reducing environmental pollution and tackling quality issues to stave off resistance
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WebinarAntimicrobial resistance: Exploring the One Health perspective and wastewater monitoring
The challenges created by antimicrobial resistance are only set to grow. Join us to equip yourself with the most up-to-date facts and knowledge
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NewsControversial plan will see Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater discharged into sea
As contaminated water builds plant’s owner hopes to begin discharging it this summer
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ResearchMicrobial degradation offers way to tackle chlorinated PFAS in wastewater
Findings shed light on the environmental fate of chlorinated PFAS compounds and how to design biodegradable, less toxic alternatives
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BusinessFatal hydrogen sulfide leak at US waste treatment plant
One worker killed and four others injured at US Ecology site in Ohio
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NewsWater companies’ pollution record in England described as criminal by Environment Agency
Body calls for prison sentences for failing chief executives and board members
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FeatureThe human health observatory in our sewers
From tracking disease outbreaks to monitoring drug use, there’s a lot to be learned from the things we flush down the toilet, Katrina Krämer finds
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ResearchWastewater from battery recycling plants mined for water-splitting catalysts
Electrocatalysts derived from metal pollutants used to generate hydrogen
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ResearchExtent of pharmaceutical pollution on every continent on Earth revealed
Largest study of its kind creates map of drug contamination hotspots
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NewsWastewater chemicals shortage may see partially treated effluent flushed into English rivers
Lack of HGV drivers hits supplies of ferric sulfate
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ResearchStruvite recovered from wastewater could be used to suppress wildfires
Experiments show struvite-suspended hydrogel is as good at fighting fire as a commercial ammonium polyphosphate-based formulation
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Business4 dead in UK sewage treatment works explosion
One person injured as biosolids silo explodes at Avonmouth
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ResearchProzac and methamphetamine likely responsible for toxins in tap water
Antidepressant and stimulant amine drugs are potential precursors for some of the most toxic compounds formed during water disinfection
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BusinessTwo deadly chemical plant explosions in China
Dye factory incident kills 9 people, prompting detention of company officials, while a second plant explosion took 4 lives
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ResearchSewage sampling reveals how rich and poor live
Richer citizens taste for alcohol and poorer ones higher rates of prescription drug use revealed
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OpinionDon’t be sniffy about sewage – or concrete
Do you flush and forget? Time to make a stink about concrete’s emissions
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FeatureSewage sells: the hidden value of wastewater
An eye-opening visit to a waste water treatment works uncovers the surprising value in sewage. Hayley Bennett reports
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ResearchNanotube catalysts spring into action on microplastic waste
Helical carbon nanotubes activate an oxidant that produces polymer-degrading free radicals