Drinking Water Treatment News

  1. AquaFortus Enters Global Infrastructure Phase 2/9/2026

    Aquafortus, the pioneer in non-thermal, non-membrane brine concentration, announced the appointment of Dr. Hoshang Subawalla as Chief Executive Officer.

  2. Upwell Water Spins Out TurnClear, Backed By Nuveen, To Scale Treatment-As-A-Service Platform 2/6/2026

    Upwell Water today announced the spinout of its decentralized water and wastewater treatment-as-a-service business into TurnClear, a standalone entity serving the commercial and industrial market.

  3. Tap Water Beats Bottled Water In Nanoplastics Study 2/5/2026
    Scientists studying levels of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in drinking water have made a surprising recommendation: choose tap water over bottled water.
  4. New EU PFAS Limits Activate €3.6B Drinking Water Treatment Opportunity 2/5/2026

    European utilities are embarking on a decade-long trajectory from monitoring to actively addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in drinking water supplies.

  5. IDRA Emphasizes Scalable Water Infrastructure Solutions To Ensure Water For Prosperity At UN Preparatory Meeting In Dakar 1/29/2026

    The International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) reinforced the urgency of accelerating scalable water solutions during its participation in the High-Level Dakar Preparatory Meeting for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference, hosted by the Governments of Senegal and the United Arab Emirates to be held this December in Abu Dhabi.

  6. Carollo Engineers/CDM Smith Selected To Design Major PFAS Treatment Upgrades For Broward County, Florida 1/28/2026

    Carollo Engineers, in association with CDM Smith, has been selected by Broward County to design comprehensive water treatment and transmission infrastructure upgrades to address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the County’s groundwater supplies.

  7. Seven Seas Water Group And APUA Open Barnacle Point Plant, Antigua's Second New Water-As-A-Service Desalination Facility, Adding 2 Million IGPD 1/20/2026

    The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) and Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG), a multinational provider of Water-as-a-Service (WaaS) solutions, today announced the opening of the Barnacle Point seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant.

  8. Lantania And NMDC Infra Sign A Strategic Agreement To Create A Global Leader In The Water Sector 1/19/2026

    Lantania and NMDC Group one of the largest engineering and construction groups in the Middle East, have signed an acquisition agreement to create a new international benchmark in the water sector.

  9. Disinfecting Drinking Water Produces Potentially Toxic Byproducts — New AI Model Is Helping Identify Them 1/15/2026

    Disinfecting drinking water prevents the spread of deadly waterborne diseases by killing infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses and parasites. Without disinfection, even clear-looking water can carry pathogens that can cause severe and even life-threatening illness, especially in children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems.

  10. Veolia And SBM Offshore Join Forces To Combat Global Water Scarcity With Innovative Floating Desalination Solution 1/15/2026

    Veolia, global champion of environmental security, and SBM Offshore, world leader in deepwater ocean-infrastructure, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to address one of the defining challenges of our time: the convergence of water scarcity, energy transition and industrial transformation.