Ostara plans to produce a slow-release fertilizer using struvite extracted from Winnipeg’s waste water.  |  Joanne Thiessen Martens photo

Winnipeg waste water to feed struvite fertilizer

Company has made deals with dozens of gov’ts to set up struvite extraction units; this will be the third on the Prairies


Glacier FarmMedia – The City of Winnipeg is getting into the fertilizer manufacturing business. When the upgrades to its waste water treatment facility are complete in 2030, they’ll include equipment to extract agricultural-grade phosphate fertilizer from the struvite in the city’s waste water. In medical circles, struvite is better known as a culprit behind kidney […] Read more

Associate professor Caitlin Byrt, centre, with her colleagues Annamaria De Rosa, left, and Samantha McGaughey of the Australian National University Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology.

Plants can shed light on how best to clean wastewater

The inner workings of plants at the molecular level help better understand how to extract resources from wastewater


If the minerals, metals and nutrient resources in wastewater could be extracted in a pure form, they would be invaluable for use in other industries such as agriculture, aquaculture, battery recycling and desalination.