Human sewage--the next source of electricity?
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Can microbes turn drain water into power? Yes, says a noted genetic scientist. And they can make jet fuel too.
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By Abdel-Wahab, Ahmed Batchelor, Bill  ABSTRACT: Interactions among chloride, sulfate, and silica removals from recycled industrial wastewater using an ultra-high lime with aluminum process (UHLA) were studied.
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By Sadie Gray  Plugs and cables could become obsolete after scientists devised a way of recharging electrical devices ranging from laptop computers to lights from a distance.
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Yes, it's dirt-cheap and will mobilize people throughout the developing world. And that is exactly why it poses a threat to the environment and global energy supplies.
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Liquid economics of bottled water.
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 11--GRASS VALLEY-A failure in the city's sewage system Sunday caused about 1,200 gallons of effluent to overflow from a manhole into Little Wolf Creek.
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U.S. scientists have developed a  microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making  enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small  MP3 music player never runs out of power.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Since ancient times  poets have revered the power of the seas. Now energy companies  and coastal cities like New York and San Francisco  are aiming  to tap ocean waves and tidal currents as abundant sources of  electricity.
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Has Energy Conversion Devices managed to deliver on its promising potential? I don't think so.
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A pollution-eating bacteria first found in sewage sludge may have evolved its talents in response to human contamination of the environment, researchers said on Thursday.
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By Daniel Witter, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 13--Up to 50,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled out of a holding pond at a Yuba County foothills subdivision over the weekend, prompting county officials on Monday to warn downhill residents to test their water.
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SCIENTISTS have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead. In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone orlaptop computer without wires or cables.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 3--An influx of cash was the sort of green revolution Debbie White needed when the Augusta County Service Authority sought to modernize its sewage-treatment system.
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According to an article in this month's Science Journal, researchers at Simon Frasier University in British Columbia have developed a new technology to generate electricity from the natural motion of walking. Assistant professor of kinesiology Max Donelan and other team members say their biomechanical energy harvester promises to revolutionize the way people charge the batteries that power all sorts of mobile devices, like laptops, cell phones, and emergency rescue gear.
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By Detroit Free Press  Feb. 4--Biological pollution is forever.   Sea lampreys need to be beaten back every year, decades after they first swam into the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal.
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By James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 16--Sewage treatment plants in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Hayden are facing some of the strictest water quality standards in the nation under new requirements proposed Thursday by the federal government.
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 17--To operators of the Sacramento regional sewage treatment works skirting Elk Grove, the rail tanker that lumbers up to the sprawling plant every few days represents a delivery of disinfectant to purify wastewater.   But to the U.S.