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Flushing Your Toilets With Harvested Rainwater Could Save the Planet

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:21:12 +0000

Water shortages are the worst nightmare of any city, and as summer is to come in a few months, they will be more likely to happen, at least in places like California. A team of researchers from Drexel University are encouraging people to harvest rainwater for flushing their toilets. They said that rain falling on cities […]

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Researchers Find Alternative Way to Clean Oil Sands Wastewater

Annika Tostengard — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 07:44:08 +0000

Contaminants in wastewater left after drilling in Canadian oil sands can remain in the environment for years. It is an environmental pollutant and can also be harmful to human health. However, researchers at the University of Waterloo have come up with an alternative way to clean water left after drilling operations, and it is both […]

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New Low Cost, Low Energy Water Treatment Plant Engineered By UK Scientists

Mila Luleva — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:09:23 +0000

A team from the University of Exeter designed and built a pilot water treatment plant, specifically engineered to remove contamination from waste water from mines while using much less energy than any of the existing plants. The scientists claim that the plant, in its current state, reduces the capital cost by 30%, and has the […]

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New OSU Process Recycles Waste Water with Record Efficiency

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:57:13 +0000

Waste water has been found to contain important amounts of energy, trapped inside organic molecules. A new technique coming from a team of researchers at Oregon State University in Corvallis could produce as much as 2.87 watts per liter of wastewater. The remaining matter could be further recycled into biodegradable plastic. The team led by […]

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Google Uses Recycled Wastewater to Cool Douglas County Data Center

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:10:43 +0000

A new Google initiative wants to recycle wastewater to cool its hot Douglas County, Georgia data center. By collaborating with the local water authority (The Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority – WSA), Google will not only avoid using freshwater for cooling purposes, but will also partially clean the wastewater (30%), thus helping the community use […]

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Hydrogen Easier to Extract from Urine Than from Water

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:06:22 +0000

I know - it sounds gross, but obtaining hydrogen from urea is actually cheaper than obtaining it from water, through the same electrolysis process. The study is being led by Gerardine Botte of Ohio University and it all started from an idea to recycle the wastewater.

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