News tagged with sewer system

Researchers find green roof is a cost-effective way to keep water out of sewers

Green roofs like the one atop a Con Edison building in Long Island City, Queens can be a cost-effective way to keep water from running into sewer systems and causing overflows, Columbia University researchers have found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Traces of pharmaceuticals found in central Indiana waterways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pharmaceuticals have been found in freshwater ecosystems in rural areas of central Indiana, says a new study from Ball State University.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay

Signs were posted at several shorelines and parks in Richmond, Calif., warning that water might be contaminated with harmful bacteria after nearly 1 million gallons of runoff and raw sewage overflowed and spilled into San ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Carbonized coffee grounds remove foul smells

For coffee lovers, the first cup of the morning is one of life's best aromas. But did you know that the leftover grounds could eliminate one of the worst smells around – sewer gas?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New research expected to help utility companies predict service life of pipelines

Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers' Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are expected to hel ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British pharmacy chain announces roll-out of new smart pills loaded with microchip

(Medical Xpress) -- A new pharmaceutical program that many Britons might find literally hard to swallow, has been announced. Pharmacy chain Lloydspharmacy has partnered with American technology firm Proteus ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Minorities pay more for water and sewer

Racial minorities pay systemically more for basic water and sewer services than white people, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

More kids skip school shots in 8 states

More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners aren't getting all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Chemistry professor links feces and caffeine

Researchers led by Prof. Sébastien Sauvé of the University of Montreal's Department of Chemistry have discovered that traces of caffeine are a useful indicator of the contamination of our water by sewers. "E co ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The best wastewater treatment plants can't filter out superbug fragments

Even a very good wastewater treatment plant can't clean up fragments of superbugs -- bacteria that have developed a resistance to antibiotics -- and until now, almost no one has noticed.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New York state may soon suffer outsize effects from climate, says report

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first statewide climate change outlook for New York, scientists say that the state may suffer disproportionate effects in coming decades compared with other regions, due to its geography ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Sydney river an 'open sewer'

One of Sydney’s major urban waterways – the Cooks River – is at times an "open sewer" carrying effluent containing pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, researchers have found, sparking calls ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Human norovirus in groundwater remains infective after two months

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Emory University have discovered that norovirus in groundwater can remain infectious for at least 61 days. The research is published in the October Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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