Contaminant Removal News
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Burning 'Forever Chemicals' With Water (Video)
8/24/2023
Forever chemicals, otherwise known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are extremely useful industrial chemicals.
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Water Samples Reveal PCB Contamination At Nuclear Missile Base Connected To Cancer Diagnoses
8/15/2023
Water samples have revealed unsafe levels of carcinogenic contaminants at a military installation where a startling number of people have been diagnosed with cancer.
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Water Department’s New Chlorine Contact Basin To Help Maintain Water Quality
8/9/2023
The City of Tampa Water Department is making a major step in sustaining the future quality and consistency of its drinking water.
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Flint Maintains Compliance With Lead Standards
8/8/2023
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that the City of Flint’s Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) monitoring has shown the 90th percentile for lead to be 8 parts per billion (ppb). This result marks the seventh consecutive year the city’s water has met the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Renewable Solar Energy Can Help Purify Water, The Environment
7/24/2023
Using electrochemistry to separate different particles within a solution (also known as electrochemical separation) is an energy-efficient strategy for environmental and water remediation: the process of purifying contaminated water.
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Federal Funding Set To Help State Test Drinking Water Systems For Contaminants
7/20/2023
Federal grant money will soon be put to work through a new drinking water monitoring program designed for implementation across Alaska.
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Imagine H2O Announces Aclarity As The Winner Of The 2022 Urban Water Challenge
6/29/2023
211 startups from 37 different countries applied for the fourth annual Urban Water Challenge, and six companies were selected as finalists.
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Chemists Are Developing A Method To Permanently Remove Dangerous Substances From The Water
6/23/2023
PFAS - per- and polyfluorinated chemicals - are true all-rounders. The grease-, water- and dirt-repellent chemicals come in thousands of forms, for example in cookware, functional clothing, cosmetics and as fire extinguishing agents. Unfortunately, they are also a massive problem for the environment. Because they cannot be broken down naturally. Polymer chemists from Saarland and the USA have now found a method of sustainably removing PFAS from water.
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Sandia Scientists Achieve Breakthrough In Tackling PFAS Contamination
6/1/2023
A team at Sandia National Laboratories is developing materials to tackle what has become one of the biggest problems in the world: human exposure to a group of chemicals known as PFAS through contaminated water and other products.
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Study: Recycling Plants Produce Millions Of Pounds Of Microplastics, Even With Filtering
5/31/2023
New research suggests that one of the most pervasive drinking water contaminants can come in startling numbers from a decidedly environmental practice.