anammox bacteria Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 13 May 2010 19:42:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Bacteria Could Make Sewage Treatment Plants Turn From High Energy Consumers to Producers https://www.greenoptimistic.com/anammox-bacteria-sewage-treatment-20100513/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/anammox-bacteria-sewage-treatment-20100513/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 19:42:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7598 Sewage treatment plants always consume energy to filter water (around 44 watt-hours per day per person). They use three types of bacteria and energy to pump oxygen for the first type of bacteria and methanol for the second. Adding the fact that methanol is also produced through an energy-intensive process... you can pull the conclusions.

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