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How ABB's Flow And Digital Technologies Help Bawat With Smarter Ballast Water Compliance
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) sets strict global standards for ballast water management to prevent the spread of harmful aquatic organisms. For companies like Bawat, a Danish innovator in ballast water management, being able to verify ballast water flow measurements quickly, accurately, and from anywhere in the world is essential.
PFAS Policy In 2025: Why It's Time To Go Beyond Remediation
The most common techniques for disposing of PFAS may no longer be good enough.
The Uneven Fight Against PFAS In Rural vs. Urban Water Systems Drinking water systems across America face a mounting PFAS threat with starkly different capacities to respond. Large urban utilities typically have ample resources to detect and remove these persistent chemicals from water supplies, while small rural systems operate with tight budgets, skeleton crews, and minimal technical support.
CERCLA And PFAS: What's The Liability For Water And Wastewater Utilities? Federal rules aim to target those liable but may miss the mark. Utilities can redirect the effort — and costs — to those truly responsible for PFAS contamination.
25 Years Of Everglades Restoration Has Improved Drinking Water For Millions In Florida, But A New Risk Is Rising
As the Everglades has shrunk over the past century, South Florida’s water supply and water quality have become increasingly threatened, including by harmful algal blooms fueled by agriculture runoff. Now, the water supply faces another rising challenge: saltwater intrusion.
From Symptoms To Solutions: Measuring What Matters To Transform Reservoir Risk Management A new methodology for measuring "what truly matters" empowers reservoir managers to make informed, proactive decisions that break the cycle of lake degradation and secure long-term water quality and ecosystem health.
A Paradigm Shift In Reservoir Management
Reservoir managers are utilizing a risk management framework along with innovative metrics to address the root causes of lake degradation, including eutrophication, hypoxia, and harmful algal blooms.
What's That Microplastic? Advances In Machine Learning Are Making Identifying Plastics In The Environment More Reliable Microplastics — the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down — are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health. Now, a team of scientists has developed a tool to make identification of microplastics using their unique chemical fingerprint more reliable.
PFAS Testing Boom: U.S. Analytical Instrumentation Market Set For Rapid Expansion The U.S. PFAS analytical instrumentation market is poised for strong expansion, with a projected CAGR exceeding 20% over the next seven years, according to a new report. Key drivers in the market include rising concerns over increasing risks associated with PFAS exposure, the U.S. EPA's federal rule on drinking water, and investments to boost testing and treating PFAS in water.
New Arsenal For Algae Outbreaks How communities are protecting drinking water reservoirs without relying on chemicals.

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Pile Cloth Media Filtration Removes 97% Of Microplastics From Wastewater

Learn about filtering microplastics from industrial wastewater prior to discharge, and how this is one way to effectively reduce the volume of this waste material from entering our surface water.

DE NORA TETRA™ Modular Deepbed™ Filter Modular Packaged Filtration Plant

The DE NORA TETRA™ Modular DeepBed Filter Plant from De Nora Water Technologies is designed as a competitive filtration plant for tertiary effluent from small to medium size sewage works. The Modular DeepBed Filter utilizes the technology of DeepBed filtration that has made the TETRA filter such a successful tertiary treatment process over many years in Europe and the United States.

Reducing And Reusing Water In Steel Manufacturing

The art of manufacturing steel for industries is well over 100 years old. Within this time, the steel business has fulfilled consumer needs, including construction, transportation, and manufacturing. The steel manufacturing process is quite intensive as it requires a lot of water to cool down the application. Steel plants constantly look for strategies that can help sustain the steel for a longer time by efficiently improving water and energy consumption.

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SORB™ Contaminant Removal Solutions

As PFAS and other emerging contaminants of concern are increasingly regulated, De Nora is developing new and effective methods for addressing CECs, innovating for the future.

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PFAS Unpacked: Experts Answer Questions On EPA Rules, Funding, Treatment, And More

Monitoring Know-How For PFAS Regulations

A Q&A to explain and resolve issues confronting water suppliers as they endeavor to comply with the monitoring requirements of federal PFAS regulations.
Clearing LCRI Hurdles

Assessing what lies ahead in the 10-year race to go lead-free, otherwise known as the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI).
Making Sense Of GRR For LCRR: How Galvanized Service Lines Factor Into Inventory Requirements

Many water systems are still tackling the challenge of identifying and compliantly managing galvanized and galvanized-requiring-replacement (GRR) service lines.
A Tiny Bit Of PFAS

In the most recent edition of Water Innovations, there is not a single article focused on PFAS. That wouldn't be exceptional if not for the fact that discussion around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances has so thoroughly dominated the water space lately. And yet, I penned this as an intro to the edition — just "a tiny bit of PFAS" content — because a small portion of PFAS is of the utmost importance in terms of treatment, policy, and cost.
How CERCLA Complicates The PFAS Problem

As states and the federal government attempt to crack down on the proliferation of PFAS and their health consequences with a spate of new regulations, there is one significant upcoming ruling that will have tremendous impact for compliance and costs: the final rule on PFAS CERCLA designation.

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Cutting Edge Medicine And Mandatory Taxes

Could clinical trial compensation taxation be hindering the development of cutting-edge medications? Frontline clinical researchers say “yes,” and it’s more common than acknowledged.
How To Prepare For High Flow Rates In MBR Wastewater Systems

Whether it’s a major storm or fast-paced snowmelt or a sudden industrial discharge in your service area, a methodical understanding of influent flow rate is key to staying ahead of influent.
How To Get Ready For 21 CFR Part 820/ISO 13485 Harmonization

Explore the key aspects of the harmonization between 21 CFR Part 820 and ISO13485 and guidance regarding how to ensure compliance with the new Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) standards.
X-Ray Inspection Vs. Metal Detection Technologies For Food Safety: What Should You Know?

Here, we outline two distinct food inspection technologies and how manufacturers can utilize them to circumvent expensive and potentially harmful hazards.
Understanding And Mitigating Oxygen Heterogeneity In Large-Scale Bioreactors

Oxygen heterogeneity, caused by pressure variations and other factors in large-scale bioreactors, can significantly impact cell growth and product yield.
Extractables In Single-Use Systems Used In ADC Manufacturing

To address concerns about using organic solvents in the ADC process, extractables studies were conducted on a disposable chromatography column housing and two different disposable flow paths.
HPLC Autosampler Performance I: Challenging USP Methods

In this study, the injection precision of an Alliance iS HPLC System was evaluated using four compendial HPLC methods from the USP with challenging method conditions and strict system suitability criteria.
Protecting Communities With Calgon Carbon's AquaKnight™ Technology

Calgon Carbon’s AquaKnight GC systems are designed from the top down to improve flow, adsorption, and media life.
Leaks Go Acoustic: How Rogers Water Reduced Waste And Built Resiliency

Read how Rogers Water Utility (RWU) took action to mitigate constant leaks in their distribution system, which made it challenging to maintain volume in the eastern district’s water tower.
Characterization Of Pharmaceutical Materials With Modulated DSC

Modulated DSC addresses challenges in pharmaceutical material characterization, enabling precise analysis of glass transitions, and overlapping transitions, enhancing insights beyond standard DSC.
What Does LCR/LCRI Compliance Mean, Exactly?

We talk a lot about ‘compliance’ but the reality is that compliance is complicated and changes over time. This series breaks down compliance requirements across the LCR and the proposed LCRI to help you understand the who, what, and when of compliance.
Preparing Water Infrastructure For The Future

The current state of the water infrastructure in the U.S. is in need of critical attention. Aging and underfunded systems, increasing demand, and the impacts of climate change are putting immense pressure on the nation’s ability to deliver this essential resource.
A Scalable Solution For Solubility Challenges

Explore the potential of liquid-filled hard-shell capsules to transform formulation challenges into simple solutions and the benefits they offer patients.
Fluorometers In Drinking Water Monitoring: Real-Time Tools For Clean, Safe Water

In this blog post, we’ll dive into how fluorometers work, what they measure, and why they’ve become essential for maintaining clean drinking water in a world facing increasing water quality concerns.

Optimize The Freezing Process With A Liquid Nitrogen Freezer

Take a closer look into research aimed at enhancing the cryogenic freezing process of the mammalian CHO-K1 cell line using a controlled-rate liquid nitrogen freezer.
Ion Exchange Resin Versus Granular Activated Carbon For Drinking Water Treatment

A cost-effective option for PFAS removal and MCL compliance is the addition of an ion exchange resin (IEX) treatment as a “bolt-on” to an existing DWTP.
How Advanced Biological Technologies Overcome Complex Wastewater Treatment Challenges In The Oil And Gas Sector

This white paper explores how advanced biological technologies — including MBBR, IFAS, SBR, and MBR systems — are transforming wastewater management in this sector.
Introducing Robust, Easier-To-Use Detergent Packaging

Gain insight into the most recent upgrades to Alconox's powder detergent packaging and the company's focus on continuous improvement from the Vice President of Strategy, Michael Moussourakis.

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