Contaminant Removal News

1. Floating Wetlands Offer Cost-Effective Nature-Based Water Treatment 10/1/2025

   A new international study has endorsed artificial floating wetlands as a sustainable and cost-effective solution for improving water quality in rivers, lakes and wastewater systems.

2. AquiSense Achieves US-EPA Disinfection Validation And NSF 61 Certification For Groundbreaking LED Ultraviolet Disinfection System 9/25/2025

   AquiSense, Incorporated, the leader in UV-C LED solutions, announced that its full-scale UV-C LED product, the Pearl Aqua Kilo has been awarded the NSF/ANSI/CAN 61-2024 certification and successfully completed the rigorous validation process required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) UV Disinfection Guidance Manual (UVDGM).

3. Kurita America And Cyclopure To Deliver Groundbreaking PFAS Removal And Regeneration Solutions 9/23/2025

   Kurita America Inc., a global leader in water treatment solutions, and Cyclopure, an innovator in advanced adsorbent technologies, today announced their partnership to deliver the most advanced and sustainable solution for removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water with a completely regenerable material.

4. WashU's Trusted Tap Will Empower Households To Monitor Water Quality 9/22/2025

   Water utilities regularly monitor drinking water supplies. But once water enters the individual plumbing of households, there are no checks on what’s coming out of the tap.

5. Map Shows Tap Water For Nearly 100M People Has Toxic Chromium-6 Mixed With Arsenic And Nitrate 9/17/2025

   Thousands of communities have water utilities serving almost 100 million people drinking water polluted with hexavalent chromium, also called chromium-6, as well as arsenic and nitrate.

6. Dedham-Westwood Water District Awarded More Than $4.9M From 3M Company PFAS Drinking Water Settlement 9/12/2025

   The Dedham-Westwood Water District is pleased to announce it will receive over $4.9M in settlement funds from 3M Company through a lawsuit filed in February 2023 against multiple manufacturers of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) for their involvement in the manufacture and sale of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) that have contaminated groundwater supplies within the District’s service area.

7. NORIT NSF-Certified Reactivation Facility Validates 99.98% PFAS Destruction 9/9/2025

   NORIT Activated Carbon (NORIT), a global leader in purification technologies, has validated that its thermal reactivation process is capable of consistently achieving 99.98% destruction of PFAS compounds in spent granular activated carbon (GAC) from municipal water treatment applications.

8. EWG Study: PFAS Water Treatment Has Double Benefits, Cutting Toxic PFAS And Carcinogens 9/4/2025

   Advanced systems for removing the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from drinking water can deliver far greater health benefits than previously thought because they slash levels of other harmful contaminants, a new peer-reviewed Environmental Working Group study finds.

9. F.H. Paschen And GLWA Reach Major Milestone In Modernizing Springwells Water Treatment Facility 9/2/2025

   F.H. Paschen, a trusted leader in construction in Michigan has announced today the 50% completion milestone of its $25M flocculator replacement project at the Great Lakes Water Authority’s (GLWA) Springwells Water Treatment Facility.

10. York-Led Safe Water Tool Nearly Three Times More Effective Than Standard Practice, New Study Finds 8/21/2025

    A new study finds a dramatic increase in safe drinking water when a machine learning-enabled tool created by York University researchers is used to optimize chlorination levels in refugee camp water supplies.