Drinking Water News

  1. Forever Chemicals Are More Acidic Than We Thought, Study Finds 9/4/2025

    New research has found that some PFAS are even more acidic than previously thought — an insight critical for predicting their mobility in the environment and potential impacts on human health.

  2. PennEnvironment, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Settle Plastic Pollution Lawsuit Against Styropek USA 9/4/2025

    PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper announced on Thursday the settlement of their lawsuit against BVPV Styrenics LLC and its parent company, Styropek USA, Inc.

  3. Bacteria That 'Shine A Light' On Microplastic Pollution 9/3/2025

    Microplastics are tiny, plastic fragments — many too small to see — found in the air, soil and water. Measuring their abundance in nature can direct cleanup resources, but current detection methods are slow, expensive or highly technical.

  4. Energy Recovery Awarded $31M In Desalination Contracts In The Gulf Region 9/3/2025

    Energy Recovery recently reported contract awards totaling approximately $31M for its PX Pressure Exchanger (PX) energy recovery devices for multiple seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination projects in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and other GCC countries.

  5. New Method To Pinpoint Soil Erosion Could Help Protect Waterways 9/3/2025

    Cranfield University experts have developed a new method to precisely identify soil erosion hotspots along waterways, allowing for pre-emptive mitigation measures to be put in place that protect land and water systems.

  6. Enhancing Wastewater Treatment Capacity In Cape Town With WEG Motor Solutions 9/3/2025

    WEG supplies robust and efficient motors to support the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works upgrade, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the Western Cape.

  7. Upcoming Webinar: POE PFAS Treatment Activated Carbon & Ion Exchange Resins Best Practices 9/2/2025

    Activated carbon is a proven technology for the removal of PFAS from water, but with PFAS being such a challenging family of chemicals to deal with, it’s important to make sure that some of the basic principles are being handled correctly to ensure maximum performance. In this webinar our application specialist will take us through some of the regulations we see in the US market today and how they impact the publics requirement for PFAS treatment today and in the future. Then we’ll look at best practices for using filtration media.

  8. F.H. Paschen And GLWA Reach Major Milestone In Modernizing Springwells Water Treatment Facility 9/2/2025

    F.H. Paschen, a trusted leader in construction in Michigan has announced today the 50% completion milestone of its $25M flocculator replacement project at the Great Lakes Water Authority’s (GLWA) Springwells Water Treatment Facility.

  9. Severn Trent Selects Netmore To Deploy And Manage Advanced Metering Infrastructure Network For One Million Smart Water Meters 9/2/2025

    Netmore Group, the leading network operator for Massive IoT, and Severn Trent, the UK’s second largest water company, today announced that Netmore has been selected to deploy and manage network services for one million smart meters across more than 20 counties.

  10. Yorkshire Water Invests £572K To Upgrade Water Mains In Hipperholme 9/2/2025

    Yorkshire Water is due to start a £572,000 project to replace approximately 1,426m of water mains at Hipperholme, Halifax, to improve the resilience and reliability of the network in the area.