Drinking Water News and Headlines
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Wolf Administration Promotes Free Testing For Lead In Drinking Water For Schools And Child Care Programs
3/9/2021
The Wolf Administration today advised all schools and child care programs in Pennsylvania of the Voluntary Lead in Child Care and School Drinking Water Testing Program, which will provide $1.74M from a federal grant for testing lead in drinking water.
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New Water Quality Monitoring Solution Maximizes Operational Efficiencies And Boosts Productivity
3/3/2021
Municipal and industrial facilities where high quality water analysis is of critical importance can now benefit from a new flexible monitoring solution designed to deliver enhanced productivity, maximum uptime, lower cost of ownership and optimized chemistry for reduced waste.
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MDI Biological Laboratory Receives Funding To Address Arsenic Threat
3/3/2021
The MDI Biological Laboratory will collaborate with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an office of the state Department of Health and Human Services, on a five-year grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to improve access to safe drinking water in Maine.
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Strategic Alliance Between Exelon’s Aquify And TaKaDu Brings Advanced Digitization And Analytics To U.S. Water Utilities
1/26/2021
Aquify, an Exelon business based in Chicago, IL, and TaKaDu, a leading global provider of Central Event Management (CEM) solutions for water utilities based in Yehud, Israel, are announcing a strategic alliance to bring advanced water technologies as well as digital solutions and services to the U.S. water utilities market.
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Smart Water Networks Able To Detect A Looming Crisis, Reports IDTechEx
1/12/2021
It is possible with technology to better predict how people use water and monitor its quality. This technology currently exists.
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Johns Hopkins Scientist Develops Method To Find Toxic Chemicals In Drinking Water
1/12/2021
Most consumers of drinking water in the United States know that chemicals are used in the treatment processes to ensure the water is safe to drink.
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15-Year-Old Water Scientist Named Time's First-Ever 'Kid Of The Year'
12/15/2020
In a nod to the fundamental importance of clean water, Time magazine has awarded its first ever “Kid of the Year” designation to Gitanjali Rao, a 15-year-old who invented a mobile device that can detect lead contamination in drinking water.
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Aquatic Informatics Receives ISO/IEC 27001 Certification For Aquarius
12/7/2020
Aquatic Informatics’ cloud-based environmental data analytics platform, Aquarius, has received the ISO/IEC 27001 standard certification. This certification recognizes the highest level of security for the protection of customer information within the Aquarius Cloud platform.
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Flint Launches Free Water-Testing Lab
10/28/2020
Flint, MI, may be synonymous with drinking water contamination in the minds of many, but a recent effort from the city may create a brand new legacy — one that demonstrates just how impactful scientific analysis and public health can be.
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Water-To-Data: PYDRO Secured Seven-Digit Seed Investment
10/8/2020
gigahertz.ventures GmbH seed invest together with current shareholders GENIUS Venture Capital GmbH and Thomas Clemens into innovative start up PYDRO. The target of this seed round is to finalize development of PYDRO’s self-powered, smart sensor for water networks.