Current Headlines
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AI Weather Forecasts Captured Ciaran’s Destructive Path
4/22/2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) can quickly and accurately predict the path and intensity of major storms, a new study has demonstrated.
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Jacobi Carbons Helps Bonded Chemicals Tackle Tough Water Treatment Challenges
4/22/2024
Bonded Chemicals, Inc. is a leading distributor of industrial and specialty chemicals serving 14 states in the Midwest and Southeast. Part of the ChemGroup, the company has built a solid reputation for providing municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities with customized solutions to meet their water quality and safety goals.
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USask Researchers Develop Eggshell ‘Bioplastic’ Pellet As Sustainable Alternative To Plastic
4/22/2024
What if there was plastic-like material that could absorb excess nutrients from water and be used as a fertilizer when it decomposes?
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Water Coalition Against PFAS Statement On Final EPA CERCLA Rule And Enforcement Memo
4/19/2024
Today, the Water Coalition Against PFAS, a coalition of drinking water and wastewater sector organizations, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule to classify PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
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NAWC Says EPA Superfund Designation For PFAS Shifts Liability From Polluters To Water Consumers
4/19/2024
The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) said the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) designation today of certain PFAS as hazardous under the nation’s Superfund law will push liability from polluters to communities.
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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule To Clean Up PFAS Contamination To Protect Public Health
4/19/2024
Today, April 19, 2024, the U.S. EPA is taking another step in its efforts to protect people from the health risks posed by exposure to “forever chemicals” in communities across the country. Exposure to PFAS has been linked to cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and immune and developmental damage to infants and children. This final rule will designate two widely used PFAS chemicals, PFOA and PFOS, as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as Superfund, and will help ensure that polluters pay to clean up their contamination.
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California DDW Accepts BlueConduit’s Statistical Analysis For Non-Lead Verification
4/19/2024
BlueConduit is excited to announce that the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water (DDW) approved our Statistical Methods Approach to No-Lead Verification, enabling BlueConduit-supported water systems to use statistical analysis to classify “unknown” service lines as “non-lead.”
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Jacobs To Support Design, Construction And Operations For Seawater Desalination Plant
4/19/2024
Jacobs (NYSE: J) was selected by Water Corporation, the largest water utility in Western Australia, to design, build, operate and maintain the Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant in Perth, Australia.
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Tritium Level In Fifth Batch Of ALPS Treated Water Far Below Japan's Operational Limit, IAEA Confirms
4/19/2024
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the fifth batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) started discharging today, is far below the country’s operational limit.
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Breaking Down Pollution: Texas A&M AgriLife Research Seeks Solution To ‘Forever Chemicals’
4/19/2024
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are looking for a better way to remove or degrade stubborn pollutants, also called forever chemicals, from waste before they impact human and animal health.