May 11—1/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. The new clarifier at the remodeled plant. 2/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. The tour included the new aeration basin. 3/3 Swipe or click to see more CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM. Mayor Rick Blangiardi, center, […]
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to post data on influenza A found in wastewater in a public dashboard possibly as soon as Friday that could offer new clues into the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle herds. CDC wastewater team lead Amy Kirby […]
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a Texas Tech professor a $2 million grant to research how to recover minerals from produced water in oil and gas production. According to a release from the university, Mahdi Malmali, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, is leading the project titled “Strategic Management and […]
This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. These days the Pecos River barely fills its dry, sandy bed where it crosses West Texas, but the river could be poised to flow again — with treated oilfield wastewater. Companies are racing […]
Spikes of influenza A virus seen in wastewater samples from 59 sewer systems across 18 different states this spring may point to the spread of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that is currently infecting dairy cattle, a new study suggests. So far, the US Department of Agriculture has reported more than 30 herds of dairy […]
Apr. 26—A $4 million Ohio EPA grant has been awarded to the Miami Conservancy District in partnership with Middletown to address erosion along the Great Miami River bank that is “cutting dangerously close” to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, according to MCD officials. “Over the last several decades, levees and dams have worked harder because […]
GRAND LEDGE, Mich. (WLNS) – Water bills are about to jump in Grand Ledge, with the city moving forward with a massive expansion project. The Grand Ledge City Council gave the green light to move ahead with a plan to expand the City’s wastewater treatment plant near Fitzgerald park. People who live there had some […]
The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Illinois is one of the largest wastewater-treatment facilities in the world, serving about 2.3 million people and cleaning an average of 700 million gallons of wastewater a day. During rainfall, the facility can handle a whopping 1.44 billion gallons of wastewater in a single day — that’s a million […]
Two spills of oilfield wastewater that were not cleaned up for years near Carlsbad landed a Permian Basin oil company $2 million in fines issued Thursday by state regulators. Murchison Oil and Gas was issued a notice of violation (NOV) by the Oil Conservation Division (OCD), an arm of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources […]
Mar. 15—On Thursday, Rep. Patricia Mueller (R-Austin), joined by Austin Mayor Steve King and Brenda Johnson, director of the Southeastern Minnesota League of Municipalities, presented HF 3475, which would create a localized training program in southern Minnesota for those seeking the needed licensure for water and wastewater operations. The bill provides funds to Riverland Community […]
Should you still wear a mask in public? Is it safe to attend concerts or travel right now? Experts are increasingly recommending that we consult COVID-19 wastewater data to make decisions like these. And, they say, the pandemic revealed the true potential of monitoring what’s in our poop. Wastewater monitoring isn’t entirely new. Epidemiologists have […]
The head of the UN atomic agency has said that the ongoing discharge of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined Fukushima nuclear power plant has met safety standards and that any restrictions on products from the region are “not scientific”. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi joined local officials and representatives from fishing […]