An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater, an advance that transformed the industry worldwide.

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive. Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of ...

Hospital wastewater is difficult to clean because it often carries two very different threats at once: chemical dye residues and harmful bacteria. Researchers have now developed a polyurethane ...

Proven nanobubble technology restores wastewater lagoons faster and cheaper, unlocking scalable infrastructure ...

Upgrades to an interceptor sewer line and Boonville's wastewater treatment plant have been delayed as the village tried to ...

MWRA's Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ...