Contaminant Removal News

  1. A Fresh New Way To Produce Freshwater: Sonicated Carbon Nanotube Catalysts 6/5/2025

    Researchers at Tohoku University made a breakthrough by using sonicated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enable a reaction pathway that can pinpoint specific contaminants and break them down to help save our water.

  2. Purdue Innovation Takes Aim At Water Contamination, Powered By Industry Partnership 5/20/2025

    Professors from multiple Purdue locations, cross-disciplinary students and industry have all joined together with a singular focus: safer water.

  3. New Jersey American Water And Salem City Celebrate Groundbreaking Of New Water Infrastructure And PFAS Treatment System 5/14/2025

    New Jersey American Water and the City of Salem, today, broke ground on a major new infrastructure project that will enhance water quality and public health for thousands of local residents in Salem, NJ. The event marked the start of construction on a state-of-the-art PFAS removal system at the Salem Water Treatment Plant — a critical investment to help ensure safe, clean and reliable drinking water service for communities served by the plant.

  4. Louisville Water Delivers On Commitment To High-Quality Drinking Water 5/5/2025

    Louisville Water consistently produces and delivers safe, high-quality drinking water to the community.

  5. Stantec To Design Largest PFAS Treatment System In Northwestern U.S. 4/30/2025

    Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected by the City of Vancouver, Washington, to design a treatment system to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from a high-volume water station—with the goal of providing cleaner, more reliable drinking water for the community.

  6. Harmful Microplastics Infiltrating Drinking Water 4/21/2025

    Despite advances in wastewater treatment, tiny plastic particles called microplastics are still slipping through, posing potential health and environmental hazards, according to new research from The University of Texas at Arlington.

  7. ResinTech Announces Industry-First Resin-Based PFAS Reduction System For Residential Water Treatment Passes Performance Requirements 4/17/2025

    ResinTech, a leader in water treatment solutions, today announced that its innovative Hydra PFAS Reduction System has passed challenge testing by an independent and accredited third party laboratory, confirming the system meets NSF/ANSI standard 53 for total PFAS reduction.

  8. Fluoridation Under Fire 4/9/2025

    Beginning on May 7, 2025, Utah’s ban on fluoride in drinking water will officially take effect, making it the first state in the U.S. to ban fluoride in drinking water.

  9. Veolia And Tampa Bay Water Bring Major Expansion To Regional Water Supply 4/9/2025

    Veolia North America, the leading environmental services company in the United States, has finalized an agreement with Tampa Bay Water (TBW) to lead the design, construction and operation of a major expansion of TBW’s capacity to deliver high-quality drinking water to more than 2.5 million customers along the Gulf Coast of Florida.

  10. California American Water Awards Hexavalent Chromium Removal Contract To Covenant Technical Solutions 4/8/2025

    Covenant Technical Solutions (CTS), a leading integrated solutions provider in the water sector, has been awarded a contract by California American Water (CAW) to lead a progressive design-build advanced Hexavalent Chromium Removal system across multiple well sites in Southern California.