Water sampling and analysis methods today are logistically complex, labor-intensive, time-consuming, and costly. Could drones, which are relatively cheap provide part of the solution? After two years ...

Water sampling is a methodological process for collecting representative portions of aqueous systems (e.g., surface water, groundwater, wastewater) for subsequent physicochemical, biological, or ...

This map by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation shows drinking water wells that tested positive for PFOA in the Bennington area after contamination was detected in 2016. Three years ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Municipal sewage sludge was used as fertilizer in the project that began decades ago in Palmerton, where PFAS now taint soil and water. PALMERTON, Pennsylvania — When this Lehigh Valley town’s prized ...

Researchers have developed an innovative way to turn steel industry waste into a low-cost material that can clean antibiotics out of water, offering a promising solution to one of today’s growing ...

Sludge, a byproduct of sewage treatment, is often spread on fields as fertilizer. But growing research shows that toxic chemicals like PFAS are lurking in the muck — and getting into our food. Sludge, ...

SOURCE OF SLUDGE: The city of Asheville's North Fork Water Treatment Plant produced roughly 630,000 gallons of residuals in both 2017 and 2018. Photo by Adam McMillan A moldy half-sandwich, wilting ...

Using treated municipal wastewater effluents and sludge on agricultural land provides an alternative to disposal by utilizing the recyclable constituents in sludge and wastewater in the production of ...