Green And Beauty Found Amongst Washington Wastewater

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King County's Brightwater Center shows off the green side of waste water treatment. Read more →

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Microsoft Data Center Hooking Into Biogas Source

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Microsoft will build a small, experimental data center right at a Wyoming wasterwater treatment plant to take advantage of a ready supply of biogas. Read more →

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SoCal Gets Biggest Digester-Gas Powered Fuel Cell In US

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A 2.8 megawatt fuel cell is using anaerobic digester gases to produce electricity and heat for a wastewater treatment plant, saving energy and trimming emissions. Read more →

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Scientists: Wastewater Can Be An Energy Superstar

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Researchers at Oregon State University say their new microbial fuel cell is 10 to 50 times better at producing power from wastewater than current versions. Read more →

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Utilities Bowtie Together Water And Electricity

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Twenty megawatts of solar go in on the grounds of a San Antonio wastewater treatement plant that is already a commercial biogas producer. Read more →

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Water Management Scheme Saves Every Last Drop

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A remarkable community in Germany is collecting rainwater, keeping water consumption low and producing energy from recycling its own waste. Read more →

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Clean Water, Energy From That Which Is Flushed?

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The Gates Foundation backs research that could provide an inexpensive way for the developing world to generate clean water and energy from human fecal matter. Read more →

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Wastewater Into Electricity Gets An Ionic Twist

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Microbes that use wastewater in a fuel cell to make electricity get help from a technology that grabs energy from the difference between salt and fresh water. Read more →

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New Jersey Water Gets The Solar Treatment

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New Jersey American Water has two major solar arrays under construction aimed at cutting the carbon footprint associated with treating and distributing water. Read more →

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Solar Makes ‘Unusable Site’ A Power Source

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The city of Dinuba, Calif., partners with Chevron Energy Solutions and Tioga Energy to install a 1.5-MW solar array at its wastewater treatment plant. Read more →

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