Browse Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) by Author "Meschewski, Elizabeth"

  • Cobalt-catalyzed Defluorination of Branched Perfluorinated Compounds 
    Men, Yujie; Meschewski, Elizabeth; Holm, Nancy (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2019)
    Due to the persistence of PFAS in the environment, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Riverside, teamed up to work on novel ways to degrade PFAS...

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  • Contaminants of Emerging Concern Report [to the Illinois General Assembly] 
    Meschewski, Elizabeth; Barnes, Laura L.; Dugard, Claire (Champaign, IL : Prairie Research Institute, 2020-02-10)
    This report was created at the request of the Illinois Legislature in IL HB5741, passed in May 2018. It is a review of the state of scientific knowledge known about contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) in wastewater ...

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  • Evaluation of Biochar Applications in Ten Illinois Soils 
    Holm, Nancy; Meschewski, Elizabeth; Sharma, B.K.; Spokas, Kurt; Kelly, John (2013)
    Researchers Nancy Holm, Elizabeth Meschewski, and B.K. Sharma of ISTC along with Kurt Spokas – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN – and Lacy Walsh, ISTC’s 2013 Summer Intern from ...

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  • PCBs in Schools 
    Holm, Nancy; Cosper, Stephen; Meschewski, Elizabeth (Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2016-11-30)
    This paper was developed to provide general information about the issue of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in schools.

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  • Pilot Study on PPCPs at Champaign and Urbana Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) 
    Zheng, Wei; Meschewski, Elizabeth; Holm, Nancy (Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2013)
    Two important sources of PPCPs and hormones in the environment are municipal/industrial wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). WWTPs cannot completely eliminate all PPCPs ...

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  • PPCPs: Extending Knowledge and Mitigation Strategies 
    Zheng, Wei; Meschewski, Elizabeth; Dodgen, Laurel; Holm, Nancy; Kammin, Laura; Plewa, Michael (Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2014)
    Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are identified to be point sources for discharging PPCPs and hormones into the environment. In July 2014, the University of Illinois ...

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