Drinking Water Filtration News

  1. NSF International Certifies First Water Filters That Reduce PFOA And PFOS In Drinking Water 11/30/2016

    Global public health organization NSF International has developed a test method and protocol — P473: Drinking Water Treatment Units - PFOA and PFOS — to verify a water treatment device’s ability to reduce perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to below the health advisory levels set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A total of 17 Aquasana, Inc. drinking water filters are the first products to earn certification to the protocol.

  2. Graphene Membrane Could Lead To Better Fuel Cells, Water Filters 3/17/2015

    An atomically thin membrane with microscopically small holes may prove to be the basis for future hydrogen fuel cells, water filtering and desalination membranes, according to a group of 15 theorists and experimentalists, including three theoretical researchers from Penn State.

  3. Teen Wins Google Science Fair For Microplastic Removal Method 8/29/2022

    An imaginative and enterprising young man may have just cracked the code for battling one of the world’s most pervasive and difficult-to-treat water contaminants, as 18-year-old Fionn Ferreira took home the top prize at the Google Science Fair for his technique of removing microplastics.

  4. Photovoltaic-Powered Electrodialysis: A Water Solution For Rural Villages 11/25/2014

    A new study by MIT researchers shows that electrodialysis desalination technology, powered by solar panels, can meet the water treatment needs of a typical village.

  5. Hitachi To Merge RO Membrane System Subsidiary And Water Facilities Engineering Subsidiary In Singapore 3/18/2016

    Hitachi, Ltd. announced recently that it has decided to merge Hitachi Aqua-Tech Engineering Pte. Ltd. (Managing Director: Tang Chay Wee; "Hitachi Aqua-Tech"), which handles the design, manufacturing, sales, and maintenance of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane systems, and Aqua Works and Engineering Pte. Ltd. (CEO: Terry Chang; "Aqua Works"), an engineering company that handles water related facilities for condominiums as well as commercial and public facilities.

  6. WaterSurplus Deploys Advanced Mobile Water Treatment System To UNC Asheville In Response To Hurricane Helene 11/12/2024

    WaterSurplus has successfully deployed an advanced mobile water treatment system to the University of North Carolina, Asheville, which has remained closed since Hurricane Helene caused extensive flooding and significant disruption to water infrastructure in western North Carolina.

  7. Anaergia Announces Management Reorganization And Appoints Andrew Benedek As Chief Executive Officer 6/25/2014

    Anaergia Inc. (or the “Company”) recently announced that the Company has reorganized its senior management.

  8. H2O Innovation: PWTTM Announces New Distributor In Saudi Arabia And Secures First Stocking Orders Of SpectraGuard Antiscalant 4/27/2016

    H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Company”) is proud to announce the execution of a distribution agreement between its subsidiary PWT, specialized in membrane filtration specialty chemicals, and Chemsbro, provider of integrated chemical solutions and specialty chemicals for water and wastewater treatment plants in Saudi Arabia.

  9. WQA's RO Sizing Workshop Returns To Online Format 3/8/2021

    WQA’s popular Commercial Industrial RO Sizing workshop, offered online for the first time last fall, returns this spring in a series of seven weekly sessions providing personalized instruction on the Zoom platform. WQA-certified personnel can earn up to 0.1 Continuing Professional Development credits per session — up to 0.7 CPD total for the course — of the 2 to 3 CPD required for recertification.

  10. Bilfinger Has Signed An Agreement To Acquire Johnson Screens 1/22/2013

    Engineering and services group Bilfinger has signed an agreement to acquire filtration specialists Johnson Screens.