A nearly two month long study is underway at the Hanford cleanup site, in southeast Washington state. It’s looking at a new stack on the Waste Treatment Plant — and how to keep too many chemical ...

Crews with the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management cleanup contractor UCOR have taken the first step toward preparing a former waste treatment facility for ...

As we flush our toilets and drain our sinks, few of us consider where our wastewater goes next. Yet, the wastewater treatment industry, a cornerstone of modern sanitation, is facing challenges that ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

New research reveals that wastewater-derived organofluorine, dominated by fluorinated pharmaceuticals, threatens the safety of drinking water for millions, highlighting urgent regulatory and treatment ...