Drinking Water Treatment News

1. LANXESS Highlighting New Water Purification Technologies At IWC 2018, Booths 206 & 208
   10/15/2018

   LANXESS’ Liquid Purification Technologies business unit—operating in the United States as LANXESS Sybron Chemicals—enables customers in a wide variety of industries to meet their water purification challenges with a broad portfolio of ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis membranes and other specialized technologies and services.

2. Membrane Technology Meetings Held In Washington, D.C.
   10/12/2018

   Membrane water treatment technology usage and needs in the United States was highlighted in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 2018 in a roundtable discussion held at the Office of Water of the Environmental Protection Agency.

3. Ben-Gurion University Researchers Participate In Trilateral Workshop On Water Challenges And Solutions With University Of Chicago And Northwestern University
   10/12/2018

   A trilateral collaboration hosted by the University of Chicago (UChicago) on Oct. 8, with researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Northwestern University, met to develop new ideas and solutions to some of the world’s most pressing water-related problems.

4. New Spheres Trick, Trap And Terminate Water Contaminant
   10/5/2018

   Rice University scientists have developed something akin to the Venus’ flytrap of particles for water remediation.

5. Pentair X-Flow Membranes Deliver Reliable, Cleaner Water For 600,000 People At Germany’s Largest Ultrafiltration Treatment Plant
   10/5/2018

   In the treatment of surface water to drinking water, public health and the safe removal of microorganisms has the highest priority. The next priority is usually to do this as cost-effectively as possible.

6. WaterStep Provides Water And Disinfectant For Desperate Rural Communities In North Carolina
   10/4/2018

   Louisville-based non-profit WaterStep has returned from a week-long trip to aid those affected by Hurricane Florence in North Carolina.

7. Race, Class Linked To Clean Water Inaccessibility
   10/2/2018

   Low-income communities and people in minority groups carry a greater burden in terms of exposure to unsafe drinking water.

8. EWG Study Indicates Widespread Nitrate Pollution
   10/2/2018

   A new Environmental Working Group study indicating widespread nitrate pollution in U.S. drinking water -- at levels linked to increased cancer risk -- underscores the need for in-home water filtration, the Water Quality Association said recently.

9. GreenBlu Begins $1.6M U.S. Department Of Energy Award To Commercialize Adsorption Desalination Technology
   10/1/2018

   GreenBlu, Inc., a water technology company commercializing a new thermal distillation technology, Vapor Adsorption Distillation with Energy Recycling (VADER), announced it is beginning its $1,600,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO).

10. San Quintin Project Commences Construction
    10/1/2018

    Fluence Corporation Limited is pleased to announce that construction has commenced on the desalination plant in San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico.