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Why Every Sewer Tells a Story

In this episode, we’ll shed light on an often-overlooked hero of our urban landscapes: sewers. These sewers are living entities, silently at work beneath our feet. They might lack a certain amount of dazzle but are silently monumental in...

How do you treat Wastewater in Antarctica?

Today we’re going to Antarctica, one of the world’s coldest and most pristine places. Specifically, we are going to The US McMurdo Station, the largest science station on the continent. It also has over three hundred toilets. So, where...

The Turkey Aroma Mystery

David brings us a 5-minute water short about a wastewater treatment plant that smelled like turkey. Yes, turkey.

Was it for real or was it a myth?

How Sewers Could Track COVID-19

In this story episode of The Outfall, we talk to two researchers on the front lines of using wastewater to analyze the epidemiology of a community. Wastewater surveillance for the Coronavirus has huge potential. Data suggests that each person...

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