Drinking Water Filtration News

  1. Stantec-Designed Bull Run Filtration Facility Achieves Key Milestone 8/14/2024

    Construction has begun on the Bull Run Filtration Facility in Portland, Oregon, and Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, is providing engineering services during construction of the facility.

  2. Jacobi Carbons Announces Startup Of New Production Facility 9/14/2015

    The Jacobi Group announces that production has begun at its newest coconut shell carbon activation plant, based at Cagayan de Oro on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

  3. Water Planet Establishes IntelliFlux Controls As Separate Operating Company Within The Water Planet Group 3/19/2018

    Following the successful sale of MembranePRO Services in November and the establishment of PolyCera membrane products as a subsidiary called PolyCera Membranes in February, Water Planet has spun out IntelliFlux Controls as a separate operating company.

  4. 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.

  5. Control Over Water Friction With 2D Materials Towards 'Smart Membranes' 5/21/2021

    Speed of water flow is a limiting factor in many membrane-based industrial processes, including desalination, molecular separation and osmotic power generation.

  6. Abengoa Receives The Order To Start Early Works For The Construction Of The Largest Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Of The World 5/13/2019

    Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the infrastructures, energy and water sectors, has received the order to start early works, in a consortium with the engineering and construction company SEPCOIII, by the company leader in the development, investment, ownership and operation of energy generation and desalinated water, ACWA Power, for the engineering, supply and construction of what will be the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in the world and will be located in Taweelah power and water generation complex, 45 km north of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

  7. Mines Researchers Find Newly Discovered Fluorinated Chemicals More Difficult To Filter From Water 6/6/2017

    A team of Colorado School of Mines researchers has found that the activated carbon filtration systems currently being used to remove highly fluorinated chemicals such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) from drinking water are likely not nearly as effective at removing newly discovered poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).

  8. United States Nonprofit Sends Clean Water Solutions To Flood Victims 11/1/2022

    An estimated 33 million people in Pakistan are impacted by flooding in the region. The North Carolina-based nonprofit, Wine To Water (W|W) is guiding a water emergency relief effort through technical advisory services by delivering water filters to as many people as possible.

  9. Desalitech And Nexom Win 2017 Best Employers To Work For In The Water And Wastewater Industry 10/5/2017

    Hunter Crown, a boutique Executive Search and Recruiting company, launched a new annual contest to recognize the best employers in the water and wastewater industry.

  10. Jacobi Group Invests In Technology To Produce Sustainable Coconut Shell Charcoal 9/4/2024

    Part of its ‘GO GREEN’ initiative launched at the start of 2024, Jacobi Group is expanding investments in the sustainable production of coconut shell charcoal, launching research and development efforts on an improved proprietary charring process while also expanding reactivation facilities in Europe.