Des scientifiques de l’EPFL ont mis au point une approche améliorant la capacité de la bactérie E. coli à produire de l’électricité. Cette avancée offre une solution performante et durable au traitement des déchets organiques et ouvre de nouveaux horizons pour la production polyvalente d’électricité microbienne. Cliquez ici pour voir la page web originale actu.epfl.ch
DARROW, a project co-funded by the EU, is training artificial intelligence (AI) to make wastewater treatment plants more efficient. The EU co-funded project was launched in 2022 and will run until February 2026 with a budget of over €3.5 million and eight partner institutions from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. “We had a common…
OTV, filiale de Veolia Water Technologies, va toujours plus loin dans le traitement de l’eau et propose de produire de l’énergie verte sur les installations qu’elle conçoit. Energido® : produire de l’énergie verte avec les eaux usées Energido ® est une innovation développée par Veolia qui vise à remplacer les combustibles fossiles par des ressources…
Effluents from wastewater treatment plants have a dual effect: Some species disappear, while others benefit. Especially certain insect orders, such as stonefly and caddisfly larvae, are decimated. Certain worms and crustaceans, by contrast, can increase in number. A team from Goethe University Frankfurt led by Daniel Enns and Dr. Jonas Jourdan has corroborated this in…
Inauguration ce mardi de deux nouvelles installations à La STEP de La Chaux-de-Fonds. Moins de micropolluants et de gros déchets sont rejetés dans le lit de la Ronde La nouvelle installation de dégrillage de la STEP de La Chaux-de-Fonds est l’une des plus grande de Suisse. La station d’épuration de La Chaux-de-Fonds à la pointe…
Au cœur de la station d’épuration de la Mare-Corbonne à Mainvilliers, dans l’agglomération de Chartres (Eure-et-Loir), des crevettes, des sangsues et des gastéropodes aquatiques s’activent sans relâche. Enfermées dans une grosse boîte grise baptisée ToxMate, ces petites bestioles, très sensibles aux micropolluants , ont pour mission d’alerter les gestionnaires quand la qualité de l’eau se…
For the first time in history, serious and immediate human-made health risks are unfolding on a planetary scale. Water pollution by microplastics and micropollutants is a serious emerging health hazard. Here we set out the extent of the problem and possible solutions to reduce the tide of pollution. Despite limited evidence on the adverse impacts…
Founded in 2020, Oxyle (Zurich, Switzerland) is reported to have developed a sustainable and scalable technology that destroys a wide range of micropollutants including the forever chemicals such as PFAS from contaminated wastewater. Oxyle’s novel treatment process is driven by their nanoporous catalysts that oxidize and eliminate micropollutants, down to detection limits of 1 ng/L,…
Sewer systems and centralised treatment plants are not a sustainable solution for managing the world’s wastewater. Environmental engineers at ETH Zurich and Eawag have been helping to develop decentralised, closed-loop modular systems.
To succeed in any business, one must continually look at costs and inefficiencies and find ways to reduce both. In some cases, the source of excessive spending and redundant processes is obvious. Other times, it might be surprising. One area which many companies are surprised to learn they are wasting money on is their wastewater…
