Over recent years there has been a growing realisation that the treatment and disposal of sludge presents a major challenge to the water industry. Rising sludge production coupled with more demanding ...

A proposed plant that would use a high-heat process to turn sludge into fertilizer has residents worried about odors and property values.

The study investigated the unbiodegradable fraction of particulate chemical oxygen demand (PCOD) in thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) using semicontinuous-flow completely-mixed anaerobic ...

Researchers have developed a simplified, sustainable method of converting sewage sludge from wastewater treatment into high-value activated carbon that can be used in a wide range of industrial and ...

No-one can deny that over the last few decades there have been considerable advances in the design and implementation of wastewater treatment systems. Manufacturers have met increasingly demanding ...

At a seminar held at the US-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W) at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) in Jamshoro, experts emphasised the importance of ...

KINGSTON – Tiny pellets about the size of BBs will collect at the bottom of an oil-fired dryer at the rate of probably a ton a day when the city begins converting sewage sludge to fertilizer next year ...

An innovative technique has been proposed for treating and purifying wastewater, which could spare budget-strapped municipalities some of the expense of handling the sludge that remains after ...