Drinking Water News

  1. A Week Without Water: Main Break Creates Strife For 200,000 NJ Residents 8/14/2025

    More than 200,000 New Jersey residents have been left with little to no water for the past seven days after a massive water main break. It remains unclear when water services will be restored to the community.

  2. As Hurricane Season Intensifies, Altitude Water Expands Global Relief Efforts With Life-Saving Sponsorship Program 8/14/2025

    Altitude Water, the boundary-breaking Atmospheric Water Generator manufacturer fighting to end global water scarcity, announced companies can receive a 100% tax-deductible benefit and build brand identity as sustainability champions through the Disaster Relief Trailer (DRT) corporate-sponsored leasing program.

  3. EPA Announces Relaunch Of Comprehensive Guidance Document Website 8/13/2025

    Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the relaunch of EPA’s Guidance Portal, a streamlined website for accessing important guidance documents related to air quality, water protection, hazardous waste management, and more.

  4. Research Indicates More Severe Wildfires Will Result In More Water Quality Challenges 8/13/2025

    As outdoor recreationists are packing their bags to enjoy Nevada’s many scenic recreation areas, many will be heading to northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains to hike Lamoille Canyon.

  5. A Synergistic Partnership For Beneficial Reuse Of Produced Water 8/12/2025

    Compared to the amount of oil it produces, the Permian Basin, the largest unconventional oil and gas field in the United States, creates two to five times the amount in water, otherwise known as produced water.

  6. Strategically Bringing Back Beavers Could Support Healthy And Climate-Resilient Watersheds 8/11/2025

    After enduring centuries of hunting, habitat loss, and disease, North American beavers (Castor canadensis) are making a comeback – and bringing benefits for both humans and nature with them.

  7. Game Theory Proves Good Engineering Makes Good Neighbors 8/11/2025

    Picture a sun-scorched Phoenix neighborhood in the middle of summer. A small canal cuts between homes, quietly delivering water to yards via an old method: flood irrigation.

  8. Nanobubbles Boost Membrane Performance Without Added Chemicals Or Heat 8/8/2025

    Environmental engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a more sustainable way to enhance the structure and performance of ultrafiltration membranes by introducing nanobubbles during fabrication — eliminating the need for added chemicals, solvent blends or heat.

  9. New Depths: England's Swimming Waters Five Times Worse Than EU's 8/8/2025

    Bathing water quality in England - and across the four nations of the United Kingdom - is notably worse than the EU average, data analysis has shown.

  10. Water In Nanospace 8/8/2025

    Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have upended assumptions about how water behaves when squeezed into the atom-scale spaces.