Drinking Water News

41. EPA Issues Final Rule To Strengthen Water Protections, Support Clear And Timely Reviews Of Infrastructure And Development Projects 9/14/2023

    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to restore the fundamental authority granted by Congress to states, territories, and Tribes to protect water resources that are essential to healthy people and thriving communities.

42. Climate Change Is Reducing Global River Water Quality 9/13/2023

    An international team of experts, including scientists from the University of Adelaide and led by Utrecht University in the Netherlands, reviewed 965 studies, sourced from every continent, conducted between 2000-2022.

43. Direct Potable Reuse Is Finally Getting The Support It Needs To Fight Water Scarcity 9/13/2023

    After years of undue consumer resistance, an innovative wastewater treatment practice is finally gaining the traction it needs to make a dent in the growing water scarcity crisis.

44. A Novel Approach For Removing Microplastics From Water 9/12/2023

    A new study led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research has identified what may be a novel biological approach for removing extremely small and potentially dangerous plastic particles from water.

45. Cloud-Based AI Helps To Reduce River Pollution 9/12/2023

    A cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to detect blockages in sewers has shown an almost 90 per cent accuracy rate in a recent trial.

46. Mon Power And Potomac Edison Improve Wastewater Treatment Process At West Virginia Power Plants 9/11/2023

    As a part of their commitment to minimizing the environmental impact of operations, FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on two projects that will improve the wastewater treatment process at the companies' regulated power plants in West Virginia.

47. New Water Treatment Approach Helps To Avoid Harmful Chemicals 9/11/2023

    The water coming out of your faucet is safe to drink, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely clean. Chlorine has long been the standard for water treatment, but it often contains trace levels of disinfection byproducts and unknown contaminants.

48. Public Health Advisory: Harmful Algal Bloom Identified In Island Park Reservoir 9/11/2023

    The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is issuing a health advisory for Island Park Reservoir, urging caution when recreating in or near the water.

49. Hybrid Catalyst Produces Critical Fertilizer And Cleans Wastewater 9/11/2023

    Agriculture relies on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, which is made using energy- and carbon-intensive processes and creates nitrate-containing runoff. Researchers have long sought solutions to reduce emissions from the industry that accounts for 3% of energy consumption each year.

50. Floating Sea Farms: A Solution To Feed The World And Ensure Freshwater By 2050 9/11/2023

    In what is believed to be a world first, University of South Australia researchers have designed a self-sustaining solar-driven system that evaporates seawater and recycles it into freshwater, growing crops without any human involvement.