Study Finds Harmful Microbes on Sewer Pipe Walls

Rutgers study could lead to better disinfection methods and understanding of coronavirus and other risks

Study Finds Harmful Microbes on Sewer Pipe Walls

A combined sewer overflow outfall. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, recently examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even...

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