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Much of the world’s wastewater is still treated using a century-old, energy-intensive process of pumping oxygen through tanks of sewage. Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, is now trialing an alternative developed at Newcastle University that uses microbes and electrodes to break down waste. It both uses less energy and gives off ammonia that can be recovered and sold as fertilizer.
Much of the world’s wastewater is still treated using a century-old, energy-intensive process of pumping oxygen through tanks of sewage. Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, is now trialing an alternative developed at Newcastle University that uses microbes and electrodes to break down waste. It both uses less energy and gives off ammonia that can be recovered and sold as fertilizer.