BACTERIAL MAT
August 1st, 2003
by Matthew BraceMicrobe mat helps cleanse Aussie waterIf it's good enough for beer it's good enough for water.That's always been the Aussie view and now they're proving it by adapting cleaning techniques used in breweries to protect water from pollution.A team of scientists from Australian's leading scientific body, CSIRO, and from the University of Western Australia (UWA), have developed a special microbe mat as a cost-effective way of cleaning up contaminated groundwater and soils by boosting naturally occurring and helpful microbe species.The mat encourages ...
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