A team from the University of Jaén has discovered a bacterium, Klebsiella 3S1, which is able to remove lead, zinc and silver from wastewater. The group has created a biofilter made from these microorganisms that can retain those materials which become contaminating and harmful, especially to animals and, by extension, to humans. In addition, the […]
Manuel Ramírez and Víctor Marchena, two entrepreneurs from Seville, have created Star-Bac Technology, a wastewater treatment system based on bacteria. They put a mixture of bacteria into dispensers and place them in different parts of the public sewer, this way they decompose organic matter, considerably reducing its polluting action. They have implanted the system, which […]
Researchers from the University of Almería are the first to use solar radiation for wastewater treatment in open reactors. This type of reactor is cheaper than those used to date, tube reactors. They are also easier to install and more effective. The treated wastewater can be used for irrigation purposes.
The research group headed by the professor in Chemical Engineering Sebastián Sánchez at the University of Jaén works to get biofuel from wastewater using microalgae as raw material.
