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1. New Water Purification Technology Helps Turn Seawater Into Drinking Water Without Tons Of Chemicals 1/20/2025

   Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.

2. Upcoming Webinar: From Unknown To Known: Using Predictive Modeling To Classify Unknown Service Lines 1/17/2025

   This webinar will focus on how water systems and engineering firms can use predictive modeling to classify service lines with unknown materials in their inventory quickly, with high accuracy and minimal digging.

3. ACWA Power Wins Water Desalination Project In Azerbaijan 1/17/2025

   ACWA Power, the world's largest private water desalination company, a leader in energy transition, and a pioneer in green hydrogen, announces that the consortium of ACWA Power and IC İÇTAŞ İNŞAAT SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. has been selected as the successful bidder for the Caspian SWRO project by the Government of Azerbaijan.

4. City Of Corry And Municipal Authority Of The City Of Corry To Correct Permit Violations And Replace Wastewater Treatment Plant 1/17/2025

   The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that, in December 2024, the EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent with the City of Corry (City) and the Municipal Authority of the City of Corry (Authority), requiring them to correct Clean Water Act permit violations at their wastewater treatment plant (Facility).

5. EPA Orders C&H Sugar To Comply With Clean Water Act, Protect Carquinez Strait And The Bay 1/17/2025

   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated an Administrative Order on Consent with the C&H Sugar Company Inc. in response to Clean Water Act violations at the company's sugar refinery in Crockett, California.

6. Research On Past Hurricanes Aims To Reduce Future Risk 1/17/2025

   Tropical storms like hurricanes are not only terrifying, but also incredibly costly for coastal regions across the United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Beyond the immediate devastation, these storms contribute to significant economic losses and human displacement.

7. Groundwater Threatened By Droughts And Heavy Rainfalls 1/17/2025

   Extreme climate events endanger groundwater quality and stability, when rain water evades natural purification processes in the soil.

8. EPA Finalizes Review Of Upper Hudson PCB Cleanup After Considering Public Comment; Agency Will Issue Report Addendum By 2027 1/16/2025

   After carefully considering public comment, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its third periodic review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River.

9. New USGS Model Uses Dragonflies To Estimate Freshwater Mercury Risk On U.S. Protected Lands 1/16/2025

   In a U.S. Geological Survey-led study, researchers combined more than a decade of data on dragonfly mercury concentrations with commonly measured water-quality and landscape characteristics to develop a model that estimates freshwater mercury risk on protected lands across the nation.

10. Glanua Acquires UK-Based Marches Biogas 1/16/2025

    Glanua has today announced that it has acquired UK-based Marches Biogas, an engineering and services firm that specialises in anaerobic digestion and biogas production.