Drinking Water News and Headlines
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Endress+Hauser Launches New Sensors And Holder Assembly For Disinfection And Water Treatment
8/16/2022
Endress+Hauser released new Liquid Analysis disinfection sensors and accessories for measurement in more applications, adding the CCS55D Memosens Free Bromine sensor, CCS58D Memosens Ozone sensor, and Flowfit CYA27 assembly to its product family.
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MAPP Africa Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Environmental Management Agency (EMA) Of Zimbabwe To Set Up Highly Advanced Water Quality Monitoring
7/21/2022
MAPP Africa (https://MAPPAfrica.com) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Environmental Management Agency of Zimbabwe (EMA) to set up ground, surface, and portable water quality monitoring, microbiology testing-as-a-service business.
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WSSC Water Toasts Start Of $36.7M Water Quality Laboratory Expansion
6/28/2022
WSSC Water General Manager and CEO Carla Reid today joined Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Deputy Secretary Suzanne Dorsey, WSSC Water Commission Chairman Fausto Bayonet, Grunley Construction Company Vice President of Operations Bill Six and other officials to toast the start of a $36.7M project to expand and upgrade WSSC Water’s Laboratory in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Leaf Home™ Consumer Water Survey Reveals Home Water Testing Gap, Despite General Awareness Of Hard Water Problems
6/22/2022
Leaf Home™, a leading technology-enabled direct-to-consumer provider of home solutions, recently surveyed more than 1,000 homeowners across the U.S. to better understand public knowledge and opinions about home water and its impact on health, personal care, home fixtures, appliances, and sustainability.
- KETOS SHIELD Expands Water Quality Monitoring Capabilities Detecting For Ammonia, Nitrates And Sulfates 6/21/2022
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Watersight Releases The AquaRing - A Complete Real-Time Sensing Device For Online Water Condition Monitoring
6/16/2022
Watersight, a joint venture company of MEKOROT, Israel’s national water company, and Newsight Imaging, a technology company that specializes in advanced CMOS image sensors for spectral analysis, today announced the official launch of the AquaRing, a complete real-time sensing device for online water condition monitoring for water, utility, and food & beverage industries.
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EPA Adds Five PFAS Chemicals To List Of Regional Screening And Removal Management Levels To Protect Human Health And The Environment
5/18/2022
Today, EPA is taking an important step forward to protect people from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by adding five PFAS chemicals for a total of six PFAS chemicals to a list of risk-based values that help EPA determine if response or remediation activities are needed.
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Second Phase Of Lead Testing To Assess Drinking Water At 72 Public Elementary Schools
5/2/2022
In cooperation with the Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), HIDOE will begin testing drinking water sources for lead at 72 public elementary schools beginning in late May of 2022. This work is a continuation of an existing project which tested drinking water at 106 schools and child care facilities from May to December of 2021.
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FREDsense And Ginkgo Bioworks Announce Partnership To Develop Water Quality Biosensors
4/13/2022
FREDsense Technologies Corp, a next generation water quality platform company leveraging synthetic biology to build field kits for faster, cheaper, and more efficient analysis, and Ginkgo Bioworks the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a partnership to build biosensors for water quality monitoring and detection.
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Uranium Detectable In Two-Thirds Of U.S. Community Water System Monitoring Records
4/6/2022
In a study on metal concentrations in U.S. community water systems (CWS) and patterns of inequalities, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that metal concentrations were particularly elevated in CWSs serving semi-urban, Hispanic communities independent of location or region, highlighting environmental justice concerns.