New Chemical Threats Found in Onsite Effluent

Micropollutants with unknown long-term impact on human health are being studied in New York, Massachusetts.

Research into groundwater contamination from onsite wastewater systems has primarily focused on the bacteria and viruses that make people sick. But there is another imminent problem wastewater professionals need to be aware of: micropollutants. These chemicals, present in very...

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