Research Publications
Also see our Research Results Overview.
Pharmaceuticals
Posters
Nutrient recovery through urine separation
Noe-Hays et al.
Journal articles
Optimizing extraction and analysis of pharmaceuticals in human urine, struvite, food crops, soil, and lysimeter water by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
Mullen et al. (2017) Analytical Methods 9(42), p. 5952-5962
Urine Bacterial Community Convergence through Fertilizer Production: Storage, Pasteurization, and Struvite Precipitation
Lahr et al. (2016). Environ. Sci. Technol. 50(21), p. 11619–11626
Additional articles in progress.
Agriculture
USDA – Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Final Grant Reports
2021
2020
Expanding Farm Partnerships to Trial Human-Urine-Derived Fertilizer on New Crops
2018
Practical Strategies for Reducing Ammonia Volatilization from Urine-Derived Fertilizers
2015
Value-added products from urine: Enriched compost and stabilized liquid fertilizer
2014
Urine as fertilizer: Maximizing hay yield and enriching low-N composts
2013
Sustainable fertilizer from reclaimed urine: A farm-scale demonstration for hay production
Treatment Technology
Journal articles
Advancing the Design and Operating Conditions for Block Freeze Concentration of Urine-Derived Fertilizer
Abraham Noe-Hays, Ryan John Homeyer, Arthur P. Davis, and Nancy G. Love
NSF article
Catalyzing Commercialization: Novel Treatment Process Makes Fertilizer from Human Waste
Brightwater Tools via the National Science Foundation in partnership with CEP magazine. (2023).
Posters
Source Separation of Toilet Waste for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Recovery and Water Reuse
Homeyer et al.
Onsite production of concentrated urine-derived fertilizer in building-scale systems using remote process monitoring and control
Noe-Hays et al. 2019
Community Implementation
Conference Proceedings
Urine Diversion for Nutrient Recovery and Micropollutant Management: Results from a Regional Urine Recycling Program
Noe-Hays et al. (2015). Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation (WEFTEC) (19), p. 3993-4002
Our publications
Guide to starting a community-scale urine collection program
Atlee et al. (2019)
Village Sanitation Pilot Study
Davis et al. (2020)
Social Research
Journal articles
Co-learning approaches to talking and thinking about “peecycling”: Perspectives on communication, education, and practice
Opperman et al. (2024). Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space,
Leveraging integrative research for inclusive innovation: urine diversion and re-use in agriculture
Schreiber et al. (2020). Elem Sci Anth, 8(1), p.12.
Nested risks and responsibilities: Perspectives on fertilizer from human urine in two U.S. regions
Schreiber et al. (2021). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 10(3), 1–22.
USDA – Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Final Grant Reports
2021
2020
Expanding Farm Partnerships to Trial Human-Urine-Derived Fertilizer on New Crops
2018
Practical Strategies for Reducing Ammonia Volatilization from Urine-Derived Fertilizers
