wastewater

Environment

Water rates in Northern Ireland suggested to help address wastewater crisis | Northern Ireland

The introduction of water rates in Northern Ireland could address crumbling wastewater infrastructure and the impact on waterways, it has…

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Health

Pathogens which cling to microplastics may survive wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment fails to kill several human pathogens when they hide out on microplastics in the water, reports a new…

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Health

No wasted effort: Effective wastewater surveillance methods for monitoring infections gleaned from COVID-19 case study in Japan

Wastewater surveillance has gained attention as an effective method for monitoring regional infection trends. In July 2024, the National Action…

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World

Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

Toward the end of last year, US health authorities got a tip-off about an upcoming wave of respiratory syncytial virus,…

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World

Wastewater bacteria can breakdown plastic for food

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and…

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Health

Wastewater monitoring can detect foodborne illness

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the…

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Health

Avian flu found in wastewater of 10 Texas cities through virome sequencing

Avian influenza A(H5N1) virus, which spread to cattle and infected 14 people this year, was detected using virome sequencing in…

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