Turning industrial toxic wastewater into clean waterEnvironmental scientists devise circular process that turns wastewater from the fertilizer i...

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Turning industrial toxic wastewater into clean waterEnvironmental scientists devise circular process that turns wastewater from the fertilizer i...
Turning industrial toxic wastewater into clean water

Environmental scientists devise circular process that turns wastewater from the fertilizer industry into clean water while recovering valuable acids.
By Abigail Klein Leichman SEPTEMBER 27, 2022, 9:18 AM
Dr. Oded Nir of Ben-Gurion University’s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research. Photo by Dani Machlis/BGU

A circular process that turns toxic wastewater from the chemical fertilizer industry into clean water — while recovering valuable acids from the wastewater – has been developed by environmental scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Phosphoric acid is the main ingredient in agricultural fertilizers, a massive industry worldwide.

“Phosphoric acid production generates a lot of industrial wastewater that cannot be treated efficiently because of its low pH and high precipitation potential,” explained co-lead researcher Oded Nir.

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https://www.israel21c.org/turning-industrial-toxic-wastewater-into-clean-water

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