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Can wastewater treatment plants solve the mercury issue?

April 26, 2017ISSUE mercury plants treatment wastewater

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Can wastewater treatment plants solve the mercury issue?

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A. Wastewater treatment plants are designed to treat wastewater containing conventional pollutants such as human and food waste. Heavy metals, including mercury, are not completely removed by the treatment process. As a result, some mercury remains in the treated wastewater discharged to the South San Francisco Bay or in the biosolids, which are used for landfill cover.