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As more and more pharmaceuticals are metabolized by the human body and enter sewage and wastewater treatment plants, the amount and types of trace substances found in them are also increasing.
Biochar, a charcoal made from heating discarded organic materials such as crop residues, offers a path to lowering atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) at a time when climate scientists warn that urgent action is needed limit CO2 in the atmosphere.
The amount of SARS-CoV-2 in a wastewater system was linked to the prevalence of COVID-19 in the area it served, according to research from the lab of Fangqiong Ling at Washington University in St. Louis earlier this year.
The study claims oil and gas companies in Texas’ Permian Basin are producing billions of barrels of wastewater each year.