Drinking Water News

  1. Nottingham Joins £1.19M Research Project To Tackle Pharmaceutical Pollution 5/18/2026

    Researchers from the University of Nottingham are part of a major new project that has been awarded £1.19M to tackle pharmaceutical pollution in the water environment.

  2. Integrated Water Services Announces Acquisition Of Complete Filtration Resources, Expanding Into Process Filtration, And Industrial Wastewater Markets 5/14/2026

    Integrated Water Services, Inc. (IWS), a pioneer in modular wastewater treatment and reuse systems, today announced the acquisition of Complete Filtration Resources, an industry leader in process filtration and industrial wastewater solutions, with deep expertise in the food and beverage industry—specifically in the dairy sector.

  3. Trump's EPA Moves To Ax Requirement That Coal Plants Treat Toxic Wastewater Seeping Into Lakes And Rivers 5/14/2026

    Today the Trump administration released a draft plan to gut drinking water protections that would have required coal power plants to treat their toxic “unmanaged” leachate wastewater under the Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs).

  4. Flocean And WaterConnect Partner To Advance Groundbreaking Subsea Desalination Project In The Maldives 5/14/2026

    Flocean and WaterConnect today announced the signing of a development agreement to jointly prepare and structure a first-of-its-kind subsea desalination project in the Maldives, to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient water supply to Malé and Hulhumalé.

  5. New Camera Technology Measures Water Flow 5/14/2026

    OTT HydroMet has launched a revolutionary new technology for monitoring water flow. The OTT HydroSight system uses video to measure flow without a requirement for any equipment or instruments to be deployed in, on or over water.

  6. Watts Launches Product Selection Tool To Support Sustainable Building Design For LEED v5 5/14/2026

    With LEED v4 set to sunset and LEED v5 becoming required for new projects starting in June 2026, Watts has launched a LEED v5 Product Selection Tool, a new tool designed to help architects, engineers, designers, specifiers and sustainability professionals navigate updated credit categories and performance requirements to identify products from the expansive Watts portfolio of brands that support buildings in attaining LEED V5 certification and credits.

  7. Premium Anaerobic Technologies & GFS Tanks For India Pig Farm Biogas Project 5/14/2026

    India has one of the largest pig breeding industries in South Asia, with numerous large-scale pig farms, scattered rural pigsties, and concentrated livestock breeding zones across northern, eastern and southern regions.

  8. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Advancing Water Reuse Act 5/13/2026

    Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Katie Britt (R-AL) have introduced the Advancing Water Reuse Act, which proposes establishing a 30% investment tax credit to help manufacturers and other industrial entities scale up their use of recycled water in lieu of other freshwater supplies.

  9. The European Union, France, Germany And Palestine Launch The TAJDID Project To Strengthen Water, Sanitation And Agricultural Reuse In Jenin West 5/13/2026

    The Palestinian Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP), together with the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), the European Union (EU), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the German Development Bank (KfW), and the Jenin West Water Utility (JWWU), signed yesterday two key agreements to launch a major wastewater treatment and reuse project in Jenin West.

  10. Active Membranes Advances To XPRIZE Water Scarcity Semifinals In Both Track A And Track B 5/13/2026

    Active Membranes, Inc., a developer of smart membrane technologies for desalination and water reuse, today announced that it has been selected as a Semifinalist in both Track A and Track B of the $119M XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition.