Drinking Water Treatment News

1. 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.

2. Map Shows Tap Water For Nearly 100M People Has Toxic Chromium-6 Mixed With Arsenic And Nitrate 9/17/2025

   Thousands of communities have water utilities serving almost 100 million people drinking water polluted with hexavalent chromium, also called chromium-6, as well as arsenic and nitrate.

3. SINOKLE's Innovative Process Solves Industry Challenge: Electronic Desalination Wastewater Treatment Project Successfully Commissioned 9/12/2025

   Recently, the skid-mounted equipment for oil removal from electric desalting drainage in the atmospheric and vacuum unit of PetroChina Yunnan Petrochemical, constructed by Shenzhen Clear Science & Technology Co., Ltd., was officially delivered and put into operation.

4. Dedham-Westwood Water District Awarded More Than $4.9M From 3M Company PFAS Drinking Water Settlement 9/12/2025

   The Dedham-Westwood Water District is pleased to announce it will receive over $4.9M in settlement funds from 3M Company through a lawsuit filed in February 2023 against multiple manufacturers of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) for their involvement in the manufacture and sale of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) that have contaminated groundwater supplies within the District’s service area.

5. Carollo Engineers' Dr. Graham Juby Joins Elite Group Of WEF Fellows 9/10/2025

   Carollo Engineers, North America’s premier water engineering and consulting firm, today announced Vice President Dr. Graham Juby has been made a Fellow of the Water Environment Federation (WEF).

6. NORIT NSF-Certified Reactivation Facility Validates 99.98% PFAS Destruction 9/9/2025

   NORIT Activated Carbon (NORIT), a global leader in purification technologies, has validated that its thermal reactivation process is capable of consistently achieving 99.98% destruction of PFAS compounds in spent granular activated carbon (GAC) from municipal water treatment applications.

7. EWG Study: PFAS Water Treatment Has Double Benefits, Cutting Toxic PFAS And Carcinogens 9/4/2025

   Advanced systems for removing the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from drinking water can deliver far greater health benefits than previously thought because they slash levels of other harmful contaminants, a new peer-reviewed Environmental Working Group study finds.

8. Energy Recovery Awarded $31M In Desalination Contracts In The Gulf Region 9/3/2025

   Energy Recovery recently reported contract awards totaling approximately $31M for its PX Pressure Exchanger (PX) energy recovery devices for multiple seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination projects in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and other GCC countries.

9. Upcoming Webinar: POE PFAS Treatment Activated Carbon & Ion Exchange Resins Best Practices 9/2/2025

   Activated carbon is a proven technology for the removal of PFAS from water, but with PFAS being such a challenging family of chemicals to deal with, it’s important to make sure that some of the basic principles are being handled correctly to ensure maximum performance. In this webinar our application specialist will take us through some of the regulations we see in the US market today and how they impact the publics requirement for PFAS treatment today and in the future. Then we’ll look at best practices for using filtration media.

10. F.H. Paschen And GLWA Reach Major Milestone In Modernizing Springwells Water Treatment Facility 9/2/2025

    F.H. Paschen, a trusted leader in construction in Michigan has announced today the 50% completion milestone of its $25M flocculator replacement project at the Great Lakes Water Authority’s (GLWA) Springwells Water Treatment Facility.