Drinking Water News

  1. WaterSurplus Announces That Industry Veteran Ricardo Bernal Has Joined The Company As Senior VP Of Business Development And Sales 8/25/2025

    WaterSurplus, a leader in sustainable water treatment, announces that Ricardo Bernal, an experienced and highly respected executive in the water industry, has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Sales.

  2. Toward Improved Desalination: Characterizing Membranes In Wet vs. Dry States Reveals Dramatic Differences 8/24/2025

    A joint study by researchers from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the structure of membranes used in water desalination.

  3. 500+ Global Water And Climate Leaders Converging On Reykjavík This October For IDRA Summit On Water And Climate Change: Adaptation And Mitigation 8/22/2025

    The International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) will bring together ministers, CEOs, policymakers, scientists, developers, finance agencies, venture capitalists, sustainability professionals, and innovators from across the globe in Reykjavík from October 12–14, 2025, for the IDRA Reykjavík Summit on Water and Climate Change.

  4. New Tool Helps Estimate Societal Impact Of Droughts 8/21/2025

    While current drought monitoring systems primarily focus on assessing drought severity using quantitative measurements, they often miss what matters most: how societies and communities are affected. A new study introduces SIDE (Socially Informed Drought Estimation), a novel socially informed AI-driven drought estimation framework that estimates both drought severity and its societal impact using data from social and news media.

  5. York-Led Safe Water Tool Nearly Three Times More Effective Than Standard Practice, New Study Finds 8/21/2025

    A new study finds a dramatic increase in safe drinking water when a machine learning-enabled tool created by York University researchers is used to optimize chlorination levels in refugee camp water supplies.

  6. Model Developed By U Of T Researchers Could Improve Water Service For More Than One Billion People 8/21/2025

    A new numerical modelling tool developed by researchers at the University of Toronto could help improve the design and operation of intermittent water distribution systems, which supply more than a billion people around the world.

  7. Upcoming Webinar: Full Flow, Safe Water. HOD™ UV For Municipal Water Applications 8/20/2025

    Municipal water providers are under pressure to efficiently deliver safe, sustainable water while meeting tighter regulations. Atlantium’s HOD™ (Hydro-Optic Disinfection) UV technology has been chosen by municipalities all around the world to provide disinfection for safe drinking water, deliver virus deactivation, reduce DBPs, and meet discharge regulations.

  8. NETL's AquaTrade: The Produced Water Matchmaker For Oil And Gas Operators 8/20/2025

    NETL has developed a new tool to assist in the reuse and recycle of produced water generated by oil and gas operations, providing the industry with an easy-to-use online portal that encourages responsible water use during the production of U.S. fossil energy resources.

  9. Faster Methods For Detecting Viruses In Food, Water 8/20/2025

    Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people have been unknowingly exposed.

  10. Missouri-Based Public Water Supply District No 2 Of St. Charles County Selects Electro Scan For Water Inventory Services 8/19/2025

    Public Water Supply District No. 2 of St. Charles County, Missouri, in partnership with St. Louis‑based Cole & Associates consulting engineers, has launched a new lead detection initiative to meet U.S. EPA Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) requirements, in coordination with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).