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Bacteria Eat Human Sewage, Produce Rocket Fuel

 

The high cost of treating human wastewater may one day tank thanks to a bacterium that eats ammonia and produces rocket fuel.

 

Standard water treatment plants use oxygen-hungry bacteria to break down human waste. To feed the microbes, plants must aerate sewage sludge with costly, power-hogging equipment.

 

Bacteria Eat Human Sewage, Produce Rocket Fuel

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