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Phosphorus is the key nutrient causing eutrophication in our lakes and rivers, so it’s vitally important that it is removed from wastewater as efficiently as possible. Because people tend to associate “bio” with sustainable, municipal operators may think that...
Work in Denmark has laid the foundations for identifying all the microbes in wastewater treatment systems and anaerobic digesters around the world with the aid of genetic fingerprinting. By Per Halkjær Nielsen.
Microorganisms are the workhorses of wastewater treatment systems...
It's time for development finance -- from below
By Arjun Thapan*
Purity of intent has never been at a discount in development finance institutions (DFIs). Most of us who spent long years in those hallowed precincts set lofty goals and prescribed ambitious transformation pathways for water utilities. Like...
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Indian students win industry water prize
A national team of students from India have won the Xylem Water Prize 2017. Presented at the 14th annual International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO)...
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Per Nielsen’s research is unlocking the identity of microbial life in activated sludge and shows that understanding the functions of different bacteria can greatly optimise the...
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report The Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration punctuated the close of 2023 with the second...