As Rio bay waters show, we badly need innovation in treating human wastes
- Written by Daniele Lantagne, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
In the months leading up to the Rio Olympics, there was growing awareness that Brazil had not met the water quality goals outlined in their bid, and that athletes might be swimming, sailing, rowing or canoeing in waters contaminated with untreated human sewage. News articles discussed the poor water quality in competition waters, health risks to...
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