Drinking Water News

31. Prescribing Fewer Antibiotics Might Not Be Enough To Combat Threat Of 'Superbugs', Says New Research 6/17/2025

    Antimicrobial resistance is still spreading in the environment despite a reduction in the amounts of antibiotic drugs prescribed, according to a new study led by the University of Bath.

32. Fathom Integrates Future Climate Into Global Flood Cat 6/17/2025

    Flood risk intelligence company Fathom today announces the integration of future climate scenarios into its Global Flood Cat, making it the first flood catastrophe model to include them at a global scale.

33. Groundbreaking Water Treatment Research Advances Potable Reuse Technologies 6/17/2025

    A pioneering research study by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, engineers, and utilities has been completed, providing clear guidance for pathogen reduction in carbon-based advanced treatment (CBAT) water systems.

34. NOAA Develops New Method To Forecast Toxin Risk From Harmful Algal Blooms On Lake Erie 6/17/2025

    Scientists successfully developed an experimental forecast that can better predict the timing and location of an elevated risk of toxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs) on Lake Erie, thanks to recent research from NOAA and a team of university collaborators.

35. EPA And Army Wrap Up Initial Listening Sessions, Move Toward Proposal To Revise 2023 Definition Of WOTUS 6/17/2025

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) have completed a robust series of listening sessions intended to seek input from stakeholders on real-world and practical experience with Clean Water Act (CWA) programs and requirements that rely on the definition of “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS.

36. Inauguration Of The Eaux Blanches Wastewater Treatment Plant In Sète, Occitanie Region, A Key Facility To Protect The Environment And Accelerate The Energy Transition 6/16/2025

    Loïc Linares, President of Sète agglopôle méditerranée, Hervé Marques, Mayor of Sète, Karine Bonacina, Director of the Montpellier delegation of the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency, Arnaud Bazire, CEO of SUEZ Water France, and François-Xavier Lauch, Prefect of Hérault, inaugurated the new Eaux Blanches wastewater treatment plant in Sète, Hérault, on June 14th, 2025.

37. Proactive, Secondary Containment Vessels For Preventing Hazardous Gas Release From Cylinders And Ton-Containers Now Also Available For Preventing Release From Bulk Storage Tanks 6/16/2025

    The inventor of unique, proactive, secondary containment vessels for preventing hazardous releases of chlorine, anhydrous ammonia, and sulfur dioxide gases, from their cylinders or ton-containers, to plant and community environments, now also offers a similar function when the gases are stored in bulk storage tanks.

38. EPA Announces Funding For States To Reduce Lead In Drinking Water At Schools And Child Care Facilities 6/13/2025

    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing a total of $26M in funding for states and territories to address lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities.

39. NOAA Detects Harmful Toxin Growing In Lake Erie Earlier Than Past Years 6/13/2025

    NOAA has detected levels of the harmful toxin, microcystin, in Lake Erie weeks earlier than it is usually detected in routine water tests.

40. NADBank Board Of Directors To Allocate US$400M To Finance Water Conservation And Diversification Projects In The U.S.-Mexico Border Region 6/13/2025

    During the first semiannual meeting of the North American Development Bank (NADBank) in 2025, the Governments of the United States and Mexico, through the Board of Directors, agreed to invest up to US$400M in priority water conservation and diversification infrastructure in response to prolonged drought conditions throughout the U.S.-Mexico border region.