Bacteria Used to Clean Water of Rx Drugs
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
At the Minneapolis drinking water treatment facility, experts believe they have found a revolutionary way to get the drugs out. A bacteria buffet of sorts. Scientists here are growing and using colonies of bacteria that will eat drug compounds.
Water quality manager George Kraynick has worked with the University of Minnesota on this study for five years. They're testing a new kind of filter called Granular Activated Carbon -- which absorbs bad odors and tastes in water -- but also provides the nooks and crannies for bacteria to grow. As they add various drugs and contaminates to the water, nature goes to work.
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Taxonomy
- Reclaimed Wastewater
- Decontamination
- Pharmaceuticals Waste
- Filtration
- Wastewater Treatment
- Contaminant Removal
- Filtration
- Contaminant Movement Mapping
- Pharmaceutical Chemicals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Antibiotics