Heavy rare earth elements (HREEs), particularly dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb), are essential for high-performance magnets yet challenging to separate…
Wildfires can cause costly long-term treatment issues by challenging coagulant dosing, filtration effectiveness, and disinfection efficacy, elevating disinfection by-product formation,…
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are being studied in all environmental matrices because of their ubiquitous presence and adverse human…
A mathematical model for vacuum evaporation process was developed, which was experimentally validated at different initial pHs and temperatures for…
A growing body of scientific literature reporting potential human health risks caused by microplastics and the presence of microplastics in…
Advancements in computing, data availability, and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies have revolutionized operational efficiency and predictive maintenance. Water utilities…
The ability to identify the origin of detected PFAS in environmental samples is of great interest. This work used a…
Highlights Eliminating chloramines by breakpoint chlorination in RO permeate is not practical. Increasing the chlorine dose may not always enhance…
This work evaluated the application of a novel ex-situ vacuum-enhanced anaerobic digestion technology, IntensiCarbTM (IC), which decouples hydraulic retention time (HRT)…
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are an emerging issue in wastewater treatment. High-temperature thermal processes, incineration being time-tested, offer the…
Several factors have made the current situation for managing biosolids very challenging and uncertain for the Publicly Owned Treatment Works…