Posts Tagged ‘water’

City water supply system tapping into Mizzou Engineering expertise

By Vicki Hodder • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Civil & Environmental Engineering, News

University of Missouri engineering researchers are in the midst of their first seasonal analysis of Columbia’s well water to help determine the source of cancer-causing byproducts in the city’s water supply system.


Mizzou Engineering researcher studying environmental impact of popular nanotechnology

By Vicki Hodder • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Research

The microscopic image above shows silver nanoparticles attaching themselves to bacteria used across the country to remove ammonia from the wastewater treatment system. Chemicals released by the nanosilver probably inhibit the bacteria’s growth.
Image courtesy of Zhiqiang Hu

A University of Missouri researcher has found an increasingly popular nanomaterial kills bacteria used to clean the [...]