fertilizers

On-farm Treatment Options for Wastewater, Greywater and Fecal Sludge

Fecal contamination of urban and peri-urban water bodies is a major health issue in most low- and middle-income countries, where…

8 years ago

Algae from wastewater solves two problems: biofuel and cleanup

In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels,…

8 years ago

The simple river-cleaning tactics that big farms ignore

Ione Cleverley wasn’t eager to break up with her tenant, who had been farming 88 acres of her central Iowa…

9 years ago

Iowa’s water quality problems: What you need to know

In early 2018 the Iowa Legislature took a step in addressing Iowa's water quality with a plan to reduce nitrogen…

9 years ago

A look at farm runoff and the worsening algae plague

Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Chemicals and…

9 years ago