Tag: water treatment plants
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How Much Wastewater Is Used on Farms?
The use of wastewater on farmland is at least 50% more prevalent than previously thought, according to a new study. Published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the report provides the first quantified analysis of the extent to which farmland is fed by wastewater (both treated and untreated). The results show that there are 35.9…
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A global, spatially-explicit assessment of irrigated croplands influenced by urban wastewater flows
1. Introduction Despite significant investments in wastewater treatment infrastructure, levels of treatment in rapidly urbanizing, low-income urban areas are not keeping pace with population growth [1, 2]. Globally, less than 10% of collected wastewater receives any form of treatment [3 ,4]. Concomitantly, agriculture is the largest water user in most countries, representing 70% of total…
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USA water is overly medicated—these scientists want to change that
Photo: The Trout Run Sewage Treatment Plant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Montgomery County Planning Commission / Flickr Sylvia Lee, PhD, is a scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Milbrook, New York. She has access to an unusual—yet essential—set of laboratory equipment: a whole greenhouse filled with white fiberglass bathtubs. There’s no mistaking…
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New York expands drinking water protections for millions
Last week, New York’s leaders did more to protect the Empire State’s rivers and drinking water than at any other time since the modern environmental movement began more than a half a century ago. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have completed a multi-year plan known as the Water Infrastructure Act…
