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Fall 2020

Gao, Mengjiao

New sanitation is developed based on wastewater source-diversion and on-site treatment to maximize resource recovery from domestic wastewater. Blackwater stream collected from toilets is rich in organics and nutrients, and the rest greywater stream contains major water content. The primary...

Fall 2016

Xue, Jinkai

The enormous volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) produced during oil sands bitumen extraction have been a public concern due to the toxicity and persistence of the organic contaminants contained in the water. Among all the contaminants in OSPW, naphthenic acids (NAs) are regarded...

Spring 2016

Kong, Rebecca

Feed efficient cattle consume less feed and produce less environmental waste than inefficient cattle. Many factors are known to contribute to differences in feed efficiency. However, it is unknown how the rumen epithelium and its associated microorganisms influence the feed efficiency of cattle....

Spring 2023

Yu, Najiaowa

Anaerobic digestion has been considered as a sustainable technology to treat a wide range of organic wastes and to recovery value-added products such as methane and fatty acids. However, several factors such as low temperature and high solids content of substrates would lead to the imbalance of...

Fall 2019

Murata, Alison P

Contamination of land, water, and air is a widespread concern often associated with anthropogenic activities. Remediation of contaminated sites is necessary to minimize negative impacts on human health and the environment and allow for safe, productive use of land. Although contaminated sites...

Fall 2024

Kong, Lu

Nitrogen is an essential element for all living organisms and plays a key role in various biological processes. However, excessive nitrogen levels in the environment can lead to significant ecological issues, including water pollution and eutrophication, resulting in harmful algal blooms, oxygen...

Spring 2010

Li, Carmen

Densification of tailings slurries to mature fine tailings (MFT) is important in the oil sands industry for tailings inventory reduction, pore water recovery and tailings reclamation. The cause of methane release from the tailings pond of Shell Albian Sands (Albian) and the effects this process...

Fall 2015

Zahraei, Shirin

Assessment of microbial community development is required to determine the success of reclamation process on disturbed land after mining. Peat (PMM) or LFH mineral soil mix (LFH) is used as capping material in reclamation. Application of coarse woody debris (CWD) also facilitates reclamation by...

Fall 2024

Zou, Xin

High ammonia waste streams, containing both inorganic and organic nitrogen (N), can lead to algae outgrowth and the formation of disinfection byproducts if not properly treated. These waste streams are traditionally combined with municipal wastewaters for treatment. However, their high ammonia...

Fall 2016

Huang, Chunkai

The oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) generated from bitumen extraction of oil sands, is currently stored in tailings ponds due to its toxicity to the aquatic organisms. The primary toxic constituents of OSPW are a complex mixture of alicyclic and aliphatic compounds containing carboxyl...