The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 33,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality ...

The primary factor controlling the performance of an activated sludge process is separation of sludge solids from the effluent in the secondary sedimentation tank. Unfortunately, too many people in ...

Researchers have published the first metagenomic study of an activated sludge wastewater treatment process. The research provides a blueprint of the genes and hence the metabolic possibilities of the ...

An innovative technique has been proposed for treating and purifying wastewater, which could spare budget-strapped municipalities some of the expense of handling the sludge that remains after ...

Researchers have developed a simplified, sustainable method of converting sewage sludge from wastewater treatment into high-value activated carbon that can be used in a wide range of industrial and ...

WALNUT CREEK, CA--Few stop to consider the consequences of their daily ablutions, the washing of clothes, the watering of lawns, and the flush of a toilet. However, wastewater treatment--one of the ...