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Bay Area wastewater plants could nearly halve nitrogen cleanup costs by coordinating upgrades

Treating polluted water flowing into San Francisco Bay to meet regulatory requirements is going to cost ratepayers money. Exactly how much depends, in large part, on whether the region's wastewater treatment plant operators are willing and able to coordinate infrastructure construction and operation...

Bay Area wastewater plants could nearly halve nitrogen cleanup costs by coordinating upgrades
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Treating polluted water flowing into San Francisco Bay to meet regulatory requirements is going to cost ratepayers money. Exactly how much depends, in large part, on whether the region's wastewater treatment plant operators are willing and able to coordinate infrastructure construction and operation to meet these requirements, according to a Stanford University study published in Nature Water.

Originally published at Phys.org

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