Nutrient Removal News
-
From Breakthrough Technology Of The Decade To A Global Player – How Nereda Is Transforming Wastewater Treatment
5/4/2023
Now reaching its 100th project, our wastewater treatment technology, Nereda, has set new industry standards and helped water utilities worldwide solve a range of important challenges. Learn more about Nereda and read about our 100th project.
-
5,000-Mile Sargassum Bloom Approaches Florida, Forcing Adaptation
4/21/2023
As a record-breaking seaweed bloom approaches the coast of Florida, prompting concerns over the health of wildlife, the amount of nutrients discharged by wastewater operations, and climate change, curiosity is growing all around the world over what exactly this bloom is made of and what its long-term impact will be.
-
BioFishency Hails First-In-The-World Success In Electro-Chemical Removal Of Off-Flavors In Recirculated Aquaculture Systems (RAS)
3/7/2023
BioFishency, a leading provider of electro-chemical and biological water treatment solutions for Recirculated Aquaculture Systems (RAS), announced today the first-ever MIB and geosmin removal from water and fish tissues, eliminating off-flavors in trout.
-
Study Demonstrates Energy-Efficient Conversion Of Nitrate Pollutants Into Ammonia
2/16/2023
The nitrate runoff problem, a source of carcinogens and a cause of suffocating algal blooms in U.S. waterways, may not be all gloom and doom. A new study led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrates an approach for the integrated capture and conversion of nitrate-contaminated waters into valuable ammonia within a single electrochemical cell.
-
Rockwell Automation Delivers AI For Industry-Leading Wastewater Trial By Severn Trent And Partners
2/15/2023
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, today announced that it is working closely with one of the UK's largest water companies Severn Trent and their partners, providing artificial intelligence (AI) to automate and monitor entire waste catchments in the UK.
-
Penetron Provides Concrete Waterproofing Solution To Help Indiana Town Lift Environmental Sanctions
1/30/2023
The principal concrete structures of the new wastewater treatment plant in Paoli, Indiana, were completed in January 2023. Once commissioned later this year, the new facility will enable the town to meet state environmental regulations – and lift the previous sanctions.
-
Coeur d’Alene Lake Advisory Committee Finalizes List Of Lake Cleanup Projects
12/16/2022
The Coeur d’Alene Lake Advisory Committee (CLAC) met today to prioritize $20M for projects that improve and protect water quality in Coeur d’Alene Lake, as part of Governor Little’s Leading Idaho Initiative.
-
Researchers Propose New Structures To Harvest Untapped Source Of Fresh Water
12/6/2022
An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said.
-
Alcoa Commissions New Brazilian Processing Facility, Conserving Water And Land Via Innovative Technology First Adapted In Australia
11/18/2022
Now operating on two continents, Alcoa has successfully completed the installation of press filtration technology for bauxite residue at our Poços de Caldas refinery in Brazil, further leveraging technology that Alcoa first adapted in Australia.
-
UMD Researcher Shows How A Common Fungus Eliminates Toxic Mercury From Soil And Water
11/18/2022
A University of Maryland researcher and colleagues found that the fungus Metarhizium robertsii removes mercury from the soil around plant roots, and from fresh and saltwater. The researchers also genetically engineered the fungus to amplify its mercury detoxifying effects.