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Wastewater to electricity in Houston
Houston-based MaxWest Environmental Systems is developing a wastewater treatment plant which when developed will be able to convert wastewater sludge into renewable energy. The plant will be able to process 100,000 tons of combined horse manure, stall and wood waste into 10.5 megawatts of electricity annually. (May 2009)
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Topics : Waste to Energy Renewable Energy
Poor wastewater treatment in India leads to drug infected waterways
According to a report, certain waterways in India were found with drug levels 150 times higher than the highest levels found in the US. Ciprofloxacin was only part of the pharmaceutical soup. In just one stream, 21 different drugs for everything from gonorrhea to depression were found. Drinking from these streams and rivers is unavoidable for most local people and their livestock. The poor in India are completely helpless to the consequences. - Read More
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Topics : Pollutions
Hundreds of billions required for US wastewater treatment
The EPA estimates that the necessary upgrades to wastewater treatment and collection, sewage, and storm water management systems will cost a bare minimum of $202.5 billion over the next 20 years? And that?s not including the $276.8 billion investment we?ll need to upgrade our drinking water systems. - Jan 2009 - Read More
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Topics : Waste to Energy Water Recycling
Production of algae in conjunction with wastewater treatment
Lots of good data on how algae can be grown and be harvested at wastewater treatment plants. Good cost data - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
Algae to grow on wastewater from carpet mfg in Georgia
The University of Georgia Biorefining and Carbon Cycling Program is examining whether wastewater from the carpet manufacturing industry can be leveraged to grow oil-producing algae. The carpet industry in Dalton, Ga., a city dubbed “The Carpet Capital of the World,” produces 30 million to 35 million gallons of wastewater daily.
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Topics : Bioenergy