The Philadelphia Water Department is under fire for allegedly high contaminant levels in its drinking water supply, but officials say the claims are flawed.
Mesofilter Inc. today announced Mesopaper, the first paper filter able to rapidly immobilize harmful pollutants such as arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, bacteria, viruses and radioactive elements in water and air.
Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) and LG Sonic continue to cooperate to treat algae growth in drinking water reservoirs with two new MPC-Buoy projects to be installed in the coming weeks. In 2015, 8 MPC-Buoy systems were installed in drinking water reservoir Embalse la Fe to monitor and control algal blooms.
Global public health organization NSF International has certified the first paper drinking water filtration medium that reduces arsenic V (or pentavalent arsenic) and lead to below the action levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU, Lithuania) are developing drinking water disinfection technology, which not only destroys microorganisms, but also provides long-term protection against wide range of them.
Fluence Corporation Limited is pleased to announce its continued global growth, winning contracts in the Philippines and Argentina, to provide its award-winning NIROBOX smart decentralized water treatment solutions.
American Water Chemicals (AWC) has announced a major addition to its PROTON Membrane Aqueous Chemistry Calculator software.
The Water Research Foundation has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to perform research on poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Specialists of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), participant of the Project 5-100, developed a unique equipment for complex water purification which can improve or in some cases replace the process of disinfection with chlorine.
Nitrate in groundwater and drinking water, which primarily comes from fertilisers used in the agricultural production, has not only been subject to decades of environmental awareness – it has also been suspected of increasing the risk of cancer.
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