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