Innovative upcycling: Electrochemical process decontaminates water and produces valuable chemicals

Fertilizer and water are essential ingredients to support the farming that feeds more than 7.7 billion people on the planet. But while fertilizer is beneficial for growing food, nitrogen-based compounds called nitrates from fertilizer-contaminated runoff and other industrial processes can also pollute already scarce clean water sources. We can’t live without water or fertilizer, so something must be done. Christopher Muhich, an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton...

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