Treating dirty waste water solves one environmental problem but creates another by releasing large amounts of climate emissions. As microorganisms break down sewage, they release carbon dioxide, ...

Wastewater treatment is undergoing a quiet revolution, and it smells like flowers rather than chemicals. A team of ...

The lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, pumps its inverted beak roughly 20 times per second when feeding. Inside that beak sit rows of fine hair-like structures called lamellae, a biological ...

At the Fernhill Wetlands along the Pacific Flyway in suburban Forest Grove, Oregon, dedicated birders have documented more than 240 avian species. Uncommon birds like the American bittern and Virginia ...

Domestic on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs) are configured with a variety of treatment technologies, resulting in varying degrees of effluent pre-treatment ...

A 330-square-meter (3,552-square-foot) raft of native Australian reeds moored in a working sewage lagoon has achieved something researchers had long suspected but never proven at full operational ...

Jacob Groby is so confident in the quality of the wastewater treated by the Mandeville sewage plant that, on a recent Thursday morning, he stood by a discharge pipe and cupped his hands. The water, ...

Following several years of planning and preparation, the Redmond Wetlands Complex — a natural wastewater treatment system — is starting to take shape. Contractors for the multiphase project are ...

Every day 80% of the world’s wastewater enters our environment completely untreated, jeopardizing nature and public health, with far-reaching consequences for climate resilience, aquatic biodiversity ...

Opposing views among environmental groups and coastal scientists in Louisiana have spurred intense debates over the use of treated sewage to restore Louisiana’s wetlands. The conflicts could ...

Leaky pipes are not normally a cause for celebration, but on an unseasonably hot Sunday in October the water spilling from ...

A persistent overflow in Chantelle has left residents unable to open windows as environmental experts warn of serious health ...