While threats to biodiversity come as a tragic — although expected — consequence of climate change, rallying together with love for animals, their habitats, and their futures, is a great way to fight these threats head-on. With that in mind, World Wildlife Day serves as a time to ensure the sustainability of endangered species, celebrate the ways […]
Waste recovery is the result of a study that establishes how a waste product could replace other materials within an object that is designed to fulfill a certain function. Not everything should end up in the trash. For this reason, some plants classify each type of material. Once this process is finished, these wastes are […]
If current water consumption continues, the world will face a severe water shortage in 2030, which could trigger conflicts between different economic sectors and even between regions and countries, warned a UN report. Presented within the framework of World Water Day, celebrated every March 22, the report indicated that, if the current rate of consumption […]
Water, energy and food resources are closely related. Water, energy and food are essential and interrelated resources for life and for the sustainable development of our communities; intervention in one of these 3 resources has a significant impact on the others. For example, all continents are currently experiencing some form of stress related to one […]
Researchers from around the world sit at the microscope and detect tiny plastic particles, fibers, fragments and microbeads that have found their way into freshwater and saltwater species, both wild and farmed. Scientists have found microplastics in 114 aquatic species, and more than half of them are common in our diet. Until a few years […]
Recent studies have reported that sewage sludge increases crop yields by 10 to 85% compared to common fertilizers, so its use can generate great benefits in the agricultural sector. Sewage sludge or biosolids are organic materials produced during wastewater treatment through biodegradation, which can be used for various beneficial purposes, such as incorporation into soils […]
The discharge of untreated domestic, industrial, agricultural and livestock wastewater leads to the pollution of receiving water bodies, reducing the quality of surface and groundwater, endangering the health of the population and the integrity of ecosystems. The lack of wastewater treatment plants in cities and in industries, hotels and mining, agricultural and livestock farms causes […]
Nearly 20 years after the turn of the 20th century, climate change and human activities have put pressure on freshwater resources, increasing water scarcity. With increasing demand and dwindling supplies, the technical, psychological and market barriers to reusing our effluent are gradually being overcome. Industry leaders are now calling for a supportive infrastructure for water […]
Through the different physical, chemical and biological characteristics of wastewater it is possible to determine the degree of contamination. This is important to be able to design and determine the type of treatment to which it is necessary to submit it and thus avoid adverse effects on the receiving bodies or on the sites where […]
The main benefit of wastewater treatment plants is to preserve this valuable resource. Their construction is simpler than you can imagine and their cost does not compare with the opportunity to count on this vital liquid for many years. The benefits that wastewater treatment plants provide to society and ecosystems are many. This time we […]