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Bacteria with Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Waste Treatment Plants
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 10, 2009
© DefMo Researchers have discovered increasing populations of bacteria with multiple resistance to antibiotics in waste water treatment plants. They found the so-called superbugs-bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics-up to 100 yards downstream from the discharge point into the Huron River....
Bioremediation of Chromium-Contaminated Waste with Acetic Acid
in The Biotech Weblog, on March 13, 2009
...dilute acetic acid or vinegar can help jumpstart bioremediation of chromium-contaminated industrial wastewater .
"Our treatment method reconverts the oxidised chromate to a non-soluble state, w...
Aquatic Garden Plants In WasteWater Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 5, 2008
...ed wetlands as a simple, low-technology method for treating agricultural, industrial, and municipal wastewater. They investigated the nitrogen and phosphorus removal potential by a vegetated, laborato...
Duckweed Genome Sequencing
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 14, 2008
...s, duckweed plants can extract nitrogen and phosphate pollutants from agricultural and municipal wastewater. They can reduce algae growth, coliform bacterial counts and mosquito larvae on ponds, whi...
Hydroxytyrosol-Rich Olive Extract Can Improve Brain Health
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 30, 2007
...al of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in an article entitled " Hydroxytyrosol-Rich Olive Mill Wastewater Extract Protects Brain Cells in Vitro and ex Vivo ".
Find more details from NutraI...
Canadian Vineyards Going Organic
in Celebrate Wine, on September 3, 2007
...use less electricity, installing solar panels, examining other alternative energy sources, managing wastewater and using less water.
The council had hoped to get 15 to 20 wineries into the program th...
DAN AYKROYD BECOMES A WINO
in The Celebrities Weblog, on June 27, 2007
...tario .
The facility will be green friendly and utilize solar power and environmentally friendly wastewater management.
Dan is one of the good guys and I wish him the best of luck with his la...
Northern Success + Oil Sands = Boom
in Small Business Unplugged, on November 13, 2006
...imed."... About 5-10% of the two to four barrels of water used for processing is considered as wastewater. Via Wikipedia
I knew that a lot of water was need to process tar sand but 2-4 gallon...
Electricity Generated from Wastewater
in IfEnergy, on August 16, 2006
... of Washington in St. Louis has been working on microbial fuel cell that generates electricity from wastewater. The science behind this technology is quite simple. Wastewater contains, among other thi...
Winery Goes Green
in Celebrate Wine, on June 28, 2006
...uilt with recycled construction materials. Rainwater runoff from the winery is collected in a pond. Wastewater is reused to irrigate a nearby pasture, and process solids (skins, stems and seeds) are u...
Trend Setting Initiatives - King County, Seattle
in IfEnergy, on April 27, 2006
...- operating a 235 vehicle fleet of hybrid buses
- operating a fuel cell using captured gases from a wastewater treatment plant
- creating a Resource Conservation Manager position to oversee Cou...
Novel Nanoporous "Sponge" Removes Mercury (and other heavy metals) from Contaminated Waters
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 14, 2006
We all know that mercury is a toxic heavy metal that is most feared in the events of spills in offshore waters. Mercury or quicksilver is a metal that is liquid at room temperature. It is toxic in any form and poisoning can result from vapor inhalation, ingestion, injection, or absorption through th...
Things go worse with Coke: Indian farmers
in Sox First, on March 22, 2006
...m campaigners that Coca-Cola usually converts two-thirds of the freshwater it extracts into wastewater but in India, 75% of the freshwater it extracts from the ground is turned into wastewater...
Microbial Biotechnology: The Prescription For Earth's Environmental Health
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 17, 2006
...bial communities for a wealth of services to society. These include detoxifying contaminated water, wastewater, sludge, sediment, or soil; capturing renewable energy from biomass ; sensing con...