Archives: water treatment

Thursday, September 3, 2015

The Search for Alternatives for Wastewater Disinfection

By Natalie Linklater, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University Wastewater; it’s the term we use to denote anything and everything that gets flushed in toilets, rinsed down drains and washed off our streets. It can include residue from soaps and creams, residual pharmaceuticals, pollution from streets, and yes… poop.... More

Friday, July 10, 2015

Cleaning up our act

Research Matters BLOGs about the research and implications of the work of Dr. Banu Örmeci on wastewater treatment. The technology that she has developed enables a reduction of polymers being used in the dewatering process of sewage sludge. Polymers are currently in the water released from this process, and is toxic to the environment and can... More

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