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Microorganisms Are Cleaning the Water You Drink

2019-11-26

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Microbes are used for everything from baking to brewing, but wastewater treatment is where they do some of their most important work.

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Sources:

https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/wastewater-treatment-water-use?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

https://books.google.com/books?id=OJ3bCwAAQBAJ&dq=Decentralised+Sanitation+and+Reuse:+Concepts,+Systems+and+Implementation,+IWA+Publishing.&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae23CgAAQBAJ

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189993/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225128618_Protozoa_in_Wastewater_Treatment_Function_and_Importance

http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/pdf/WW/publications/pipline/PL_SP03.pdf

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-019-0426-5


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