Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life. Check out the article by
Chelsea Wald that was featured in Nature magazine yesterday. Prithvi Simha from our group along with other familiar names in the urine diversion world were interviewed by Chelsea who presents a well balanced view of the future of urine recycling and sanitation. Read the article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00338-6