In Brief: A team at Michigan State University is developing a new method of removing phosphorous from our wastewater - a serious problem affecting lakes and streams across the country. ASABE member Steven Safferman, an associate professor of biosystems and agricultural engineering, and his colleagues at MetaMateria Technologies in Columbus, Ohio, are devising a cost-effective way of recovering the phosphorous, which then can be reused for fertilizer products. Although its use is regulated in many states for products such as detergents and fertilizer, phosphorous is part of all food and remains a critical problem, as it is always present in human and animal wastes.
展开▼
