Drinking Water News
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374Water Deploying Its Innovative AirSCWO Waste Destruction Technology To The City Of Orlando's Iron Bridge Water Pollution Control Facility
7/16/2024
374Water Inc., (the "Company"), a global leader in organic waste destruction technology for the municipal, federal, and industrial markets, announced it is deploying its proprietary AirSCWO System to the City of Orlando.
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Loss Of Oxygen In Lakes And Oceans A Major Threat To Ecosystems, Society, And Planet
7/15/2024
Oxygen is a fundamental requirement of life, and the loss of oxygen in water, also referred to as aquatic deoxygenation, is a threat to life at all levels
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A. O. Smith To Acquire Pureit, A Leading Water Purification Business In South Asia
7/15/2024
Global water technology company A. O. Smith Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Pureit from Unilever. Pureit offers a broad range of residential water purification solutions and has annual sales of approximately USD $60M, primarily in India.
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Young Innovator Develops New Method To Remove Microplastics From Water
7/15/2024
When Caddo Magnet High School sophomore Vennela Malireddy won regionals and then state for the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition, Louisiana Tech University Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology Dr. Shaurav Alam was not surprised.
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Padilla, Napolitano Urge Bureau Of Reclamation To Increase Project Cap For Water Recycling Projects
7/12/2024
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Representative Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.-31) led 27 lawmakers from the Western United States in calling on the Bureau of Reclamation to raise the per-project cap on federal funding for Title XVI water recycling projects from $30M to $40M by adjusting the cap for inflation.
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Revolutionary Microfluidic Sensors Enable Real-Time Detection Of Multiple Heavy Metals In Water
7/12/2024
A group of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designed and developed advanced microfluidic sensor arrays that use fluorescent probes to simultaneously visualize and quantitatively detect multiple heavy metal ions in environmental water in real time.
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The Water Tower Institute, Inc., Based Buford, Georgia Among National Recipients Of $20M In Water Workforce Training And Career Development As Part Of Investing in America Agenda
7/11/2024
Today, July 11, As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing over $20M to 13 workforce development organizations across the nation under its Innovative Water Workforce Development Grant Program, which supports expanding career opportunities in the drinking water and wastewater utility sector.
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Veolia Water Technologies Provides Katara Cultural Village With The Biggest Water Reuse Facility, Reducing The Reliance On Fresh Water In Qatar
7/11/2024
As a result of collaborative efforts between Veolia Water Technologies Qatar and Katara Project, the first water reuse facility of its kind in Qatar was built with a fresh water-saving capacity between 5 000 to 15,000 cubic meters per day.
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Rutgers Researchers Spot Potential Hazard With Private Well Water Treatment
7/11/2024
Systems designed to treat arsenic in private well water may be malfunctioning and endangering the health of people who count on them to keep their water safe, according to Rutgers researchers.
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New Solutions To Keep Drinking Water Safe As Pesticide Use Increases Worldwide
7/11/2024
Water scientists from Australia and China have proposed a more effective method of removing organic pesticides from drinking water, reducing the risk of contamination and potential health problems.