Contaminant Removal News

  1. PFAS Removal Technologies: Challenges And Innovations In Water Treatment 7/15/2026

    It's hard to find a more technically challenging contaminant within the global water industry today than per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). As compared to traditional organic pollutants, PFAS are incredibly persistent because of their extreme stability — largely attributable to their carbon-fluorine bond — which resists biotic degradation, oxidation, hydrolysis, and thermal decomposition under most environmental conditions.

  2. IDE Water Solutions North America Selected To Supply Pulse Flow Reverse Osmosis (PFRO) System To Horizon Regional Municipal Utility District 7/13/2026

    Today, IDE Water Solutions North America, Inc., a leading provider of water treatment solutions, announces its partnership with Horizon Regional Municipal Utility District (Horizon MUD) to deliver an advanced water treatment facility, including a sophisticated Pulse Flow Reverse Osmosis (PFRO) system. This project, to be implemented with engineering partner, TRE & Associates, will address water scarcity in Horizon City, Texas, outside of El Paso, and is capable of delivering 4.2 million gallons of water per day (MGD) – supplying the high-quality drinking water residents need.

  3. WaterSurplus Joins Kaukauna Utilities Groundbreaking For New ImpactRO Water Treatment System 7/13/2026

    WaterSurplus, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawkins, Inc., joined Kaukauna Utilities and other project partners yesterday to celebrate the groundbreaking for the first of two new 1,650 gallon/minute (gpm) treatment systems that will be built at each of two new treatment sites.

  4. De Nora Selected To Support Landmark Chesapeake Bay Region Groundwater Restoration Program With Large-Scale PFAS Treatment System 7/7/2026

    Industrie De Nora, a global leader in electrochemical processes and water treatment technologies, has been selected by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) to provide its SORB FX Ion Exchange (IX) PFAS removal system for the SWIFT advanced water treatment facility at HRSD’s Nansemond Treatment Plant, a centerpiece of HRSD's Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Tomorrow (SWIFT) program.

  5. New Study Tests Powdered Activated Carbon For PFAS Removal In Wastewater Effluent 6/30/2026

    A study is underway to evaluate powdered activated carbon (PAC), a sorbent used to adsorb contaminants, as a cost-effective solution for removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from treated wastewater effluent.

  6. Calgon Carbon Launches Filtrasorb Rx, Premium Reactivated Carbon For Municipal Drinking Water 6/24/2026

    Calgon Carbon Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO: 3405) and the world’s largest activated carbon manufacturer, announces the launch of Filtrasorb® Rx, a premium reactivated carbon solution for municipal drinking water systems.

  7. WaterSurplus Brings ImpactRO Technology To The Municipal Market 6/16/2026

    WaterSurplus, a leader in sustainable water treatment, is extending its powerful ImpactRO technology into the municipal water sector with a new system commissioned for the City of Prescott, Wisconsin.

  8. New AI-Designed Materials Show Promising Potential To Remove 'Forever Chemicals' From Drinking Water In Industry-First Breakthrough 5/21/2026

    Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, and CuspAI, the frontier AI materials science company, today announced that they have used generative AI to design new materials targeting the removal of PFAS, so-called "forever chemicals," from drinking and process water at trace concentrations, using chemistry that is stable, sustainable, and manufacturable.

  9. Yucaipa Valley Water District Cuts Nitrification Upsets By 95% Using Moleaer NanoShield Solution 5/19/2026

    After years of seasonal process instability, the Henry N. Wochholz Regional Water Recycling Facility (WRWRF) in Yucaipa, California has achieved its most reliable operating period on record, reducing nitrification upsets by 95% following the integration of Moleaer's nanobubble pretreatment technology.

  10. EPA Advances Comprehensive PFAS Strategy With Legally Defensible, Practical, Scientifically Sound Drinking Water Protections 5/18/2026

    Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reaffirming its commitment to Make America Healthy Again at a PFAS destruction event alongside U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by advancing a comprehensive, lifecycle-based strategy to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).