Drinking Water News

  1. Vandstrom Advances As Qualified Team In XPRIZE Water Scarcity Competition 9/22/2025

    Vandstrom has advanced as a Qualified Team in XPRIZE Water Scarcity, moving on to the next round of the $119M, multi-year competition driving innovation in sustainable seawater desalination.

  2. EPA Finalizes Action To Strengthen Water Quality In The Delaware River, Protecting Fish And Bolstering Economic Opportunity 9/22/2025

    Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule establishing federal water quality standards for 38 miles of the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware.

  3. WashU's Trusted Tap Will Empower Households To Monitor Water Quality 9/22/2025

    Water utilities regularly monitor drinking water supplies. But once water enters the individual plumbing of households, there are no checks on what’s coming out of the tap.

  4. US EPA Delaware River Water Quality Standards Praised By Environmental Leaders As Being Guided By Good Science 9/22/2025

    Today, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) finalized the rule revising outdated water quality standards for the 38 miles of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Wilmington.

  5. H2O Innovation Acquires Lama To Expand Global Filtration Solutions 9/22/2025

    H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) proudly announces the recent acquisition of Lama Sistemas de Filtrados S.L. Unipersonal (“Lama”), a Spanish water filtration system manufacturer.

  6. Innovative UV Technology Removes PFAS From Wastewater 9/19/2025

    As part of the ZIM project “Removal of PFAS from water using novel UV catalysts,” scientists from the IOM research area “Surfaces of porous membrane filters” are working with the Purion GmbH to develop innovative processes for reliable water treatment.

  7. NAWC, AMWA Applauds EPA's Stance On Protecting Water & Wastewater Customers, Calls For Congressional Action To Hold Polluters Responsible 9/18/2025

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it will defend the designations of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), or Superfund.

  8. Senate Confirms Jess Kramer As EPA's Assistant Administrator For Water 9/18/2025

    The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jessica Kramer to serve as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water.

  9. Trump EPA Announces Next Steps On Regulatory PFOA And PFOS Cleanup Efforts, Provides Update On Liability And Passive Receiver Issues 9/17/2025

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced next steps regarding regulatory efforts to address cleanup of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).

  10. INEXA And IonClear Form Alliance To Deliver Smarter, More Sustainable Desalination And Water Reuse Solutions 9/17/2025

    INEXA Aqua Services SL, a consulting leader in engineering and seawater desalination plant design and performance optimization, and IonClear, a global innovator in reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membrane technology, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver high-efficiency water treatment systems for desalination, reclamation, and reuse applications worldwide.