Analytical Instruments News

  1. Louisiana Wastewater Contains 'Shocking' Amount Of Meth 11/23/2022

    The wastewater in a large Louisiana city has been found to be harboring a concerningly high concentration of a dangerous drug.

  2. IWA Marks World Toilet Day 2022 With Call For SanitAction 11/18/2022

    The International Water Association (IWA) is marking UN World Toilet Day, held annually on 19 November to raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation worldwide.

  3. Vietnam's Greening Textile And Garment Sector To Boost Exports To EU 11/13/2022

    Every year, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated globally and the apparel industry’s global emission is said to increase by 50% by 2030. These are alarming numbers about the state of environmental pollution caused by the textile and garment industry.

  4. EPA Awards $1M To University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign For COVID-19 Research On Wastewater Systems To Track Current And Future Pandemics 10/19/2022

    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $1,000,000 in research grant funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to improve wastewater monitoring to rapidly detect the emergence and spread of infectious disease in the current COVID-19 pandemic, and to detect other pathogens that could cause future pandemics.

  5. Surna Cultivation Technologies Partners With Evoqua Water Technologies to Offer Water Treatment Solutions 10/19/2022

    Surna Cultivation Technologies LLC, a leader in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems engineering and technologies, and a subsidiary of CEA Industries Inc, is proud to announce another expansion to its products and services offerings to include a portfolio of water treatment solutions.

  6. EPA Awards $1M For Research On Pathogen Detection In Wastewater Systems 10/18/2022

    Pathogens in wastewater can help identify the presence of infectious disease in a community. A University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) research team led by CEE professor Thanh Huong (Helen) Nguyen seeks to improve wastewater monitoring to rapidly detect the emergence and spread of infectious disease in the current COVID-19 pandemic and to detect other pathogens that could cause future pandemics.

  7. CDC Plans To Test National Wastewater For Polio As Community Spread Worsens 9/28/2022

    As wastewater analysis rises in prominence, becoming a critical tool to track and combat the spread of disease, it will now be put to use to fight back against the reemergence of a life-threatening virus.

  8. Preparing For The Next Pandemic: NSF Grants $1M To UB To Develop A Rapid Response System And Build Community Trust 9/27/2022

    They introduced genomic sequencing of the coronavirus to Western New York. They sampled wastewater to determine the level of the virus locally. They partnered with local groups to boost vaccinations and share scientific information in user-friendly ways.

  9. Monitoring COVID-19 Virus In Honolulu Wastewater Focus Of UH Public Impact Research 8/29/2022

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers are analyzing wastewater collected in Honolulu for the COVID-19 virus and its properties to gain a greater understanding of the virusʻs community spread.

  10. COVID Wastewater Monitoring Techniques Adapted To Track Monkeypox 8/16/2022

    As wastewater analysis has proven a critical tool in combating the spread of coronavirus, researchers now plan to leverage these techniques in the fight against the next high-profile pandemic.