March 8, 2012
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Water & Wastewater Newsletter March 8, 2012 |
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Sewage plant or power house - new technology turns sewage into energy
Penn State researchers have developed technology that combines bacterial degradation of waste water with energy extracted from the salt-water fresh-water gradient to produce power anywhere. Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but using an ammonium bicarbonate salt solution, Penn State researchers say by combining the bacterial degradation of waste water with the energy extracted from the salt-water fresh-water gradient it is possible to produce power anywhere. "We are taking ... | ||
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World Meets Drinking Water Target but Progress on Sanitation Falls Short
WaterAid welcomes the news that the world has met its goal to halve the proportion of people without safe drinking water by 2015. The international non-profit organization has called for a renewed effort to reach the 780 million people still waiting for water. New figures from the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program Report 2012 (http://www.wssinfo.org) were released today and reveal that between 1990 and 2010 over two billion people were provided with an improved water source. This is one of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets to be met since they were set twelve years ... | ||
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