Drinking Water Treatment News

  1. Catalyzing The Community: Chemists, Navajo Leaders Educate On Clean Water 8/26/2026

    By pairing water quality research with community engagement, scientists and tribal leaders help residents identify safe drinking water sources.

  2. Veralto Signs Agreement To Acquire Cleanwater1 8/19/2026

    Veralto (NYSE: VLTO) (the "Company"), a global leader in essential water and product quality solutions dedicated to Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources™, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cleanwater1 for $465 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. After considering estimated tax benefits, the net purchase price is approximately $452 million. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

  3. Advanced Membrane Filtration Technologies: Choosing The Right Solution For Modern Water Treatment Plants 8/17/2026

    Water treatment is moving beyond simply removing contaminants. Modern plants increasingly focus on precision separation, energy efficiency, water recovery, fouling control, and real-time optimization. In 2026, research is accelerating around nanofiltration (NF), graphene-based membranes, hybrid treatment trains, artificial intelligence (AI), and lower-energy desalination.

  4. New Global Water Infrastructure Venture Launched As United Nations Warns Of "Water Bankruptcy" Era 8/13/2026

    Abu Dhabi and Houston-backed Mazavida aims to accelerate deployable desalination and water-treatment systems for governments, industry, agriculture and humanitarian response.

  5. Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring: How Smart Sensors And IoT Are Improving Utility Performance 8/11/2026

    Water quality monitoring has traditionally depended on scheduled sampling, laboratory testing, and periodic field measurements. While these approaches remain important for regulatory compliance and detailed assessment, they provide only snapshots of conditions that can change quickly due to rainfall, runoff, source-water fluctuations, industrial discharges, treatment changes, and hydraulic events.

  6. Integrated Water Services Announces Acquisition Of Advanced Equipment And Services 8/11/2026

    Integrated Water Services, Inc. (IWS), a pioneer in process water, modular wastewater treatment, and reuse systems, today announced the acquisition of Advanced Equipment and Services, Inc. (AESINC), a Houston-based provider of reverse osmosis and water purification systems.

  7. Machine Learning Turns Routine Water Quality Data Into Early Warnings For Pathogen Health Risks 8/10/2026

    Safe drinking water depends not only on treatment, but also on knowing when harmful microorganisms may be present in source waters. Researchers have now developed a data-driven framework that uses routinely measured water quality indicators to predict pathogen concentrations and estimate their potential health risks.

  8. How An FIU Researcher Is Turning Agricultural Waste Into A Solution For Cleaner Water 8/6/2026

    Rice is the most-eaten food on the planet, and its discarded outer husk results in some 300 billion pounds of waste per year. FIU chemistry researcher Islam Ibrahim Hussein says the inedible castoffs could be the key to cleaner water.

  9. KROHNE To Showcase Advanced Flow And Level Measurement Solutions At WEFTEC 2026 8/3/2026

    KROHNE, a leading provider of industrial process instrumentation, will showcase its TIDALFLUX 2300 electromagnetic flowmeter and OPTIWAVE 1500-series radar level transmitters at WEFTEC 2026, September 26-30, 2026 in New Orleans, LA.

  10. Pusan National University Study Advances Solar Desalination With Multifunctional Membrane 7/31/2026

    Solar-driven desalination is a promising way to produce freshwater sustainably using sunlight. However, existing systems struggle when desalinating oily seawater because oil fouls their specialized membranes.