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1. AqueoUS Vets® Announces Paris Neofotistos As Chief Executive Officer 12/22/2025

   AqueoUS Vets (AV), is pleased to announce the appointment of Paris Neofotistos as Chief Executive Officer. Paris brings more than 27 years of leadership experience in the municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment sectors and will leverage his deep industry expertise and proven track record to further strengthen AV’s operational performance, innovation, and growth.

2. Mellifiq Secures Advanced PFAS Leachate Water Treatment Project 12/22/2025

   Mellifiq has signed a contract to deliver a project to treat leachate water in Sweden using advanced oxidation and sorption technologies. 

3. Harris Cyber Policy Initiative Taps Top Hacker To Design New Security Model For Water Utilities 12/22/2025

   The Harris Cyber Policy Initiative (CPI) today announced that cybersecurity leader and researcher Tarah Wheeler has joined the initiative as Senior Fellow and Board Member, where she will direct research to guide CPI’s development of a first-of-its-kind Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) model tailored for rural water utilities across the United States.

4. New Pump/Mixing System Puts Troublesome Train Toilet Waste Pumping Station Back On Track 12/22/2025

   An innovative mixing solution from Landia has solved a long-standing issue at a troublesome pumping station that receives wastewater from trains in the South of England.

5. EPA And Army Wrap Up Public Listening Sessions On Proposed Definition Of WOTUS 12/22/2025

   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) have completed a series of listening sessions to hear input from the public on the agencies’ revised definition of “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS.

6. Garney Breaks Ground On $505.7M South Hillsborough Pipeline, Tampa Bay Water's Largest Pipe Project To Date 12/19/2025

   Garney, a national water and wastewater contractor with two regional offices in Florida, has broken ground on the South Hillsborough Pipeline, a new 26-mile potable water pipeline with a capacity of 65 million gallons per day (MGD) for Tampa Bay Water.

7. Ohio Sea Grant Releases 2025 Summary Of ODHE Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative 12/18/2025

   Ohio Sea Grant, on behalf of The Ohio State University, The University of Toledo and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE), has released the 2025 research findings update for the statewide Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI).

8. No Calm After The Storm: Summer Storms Increase The Risk Of Cyanobacterial Blooms In Clear Water Lakes 12/18/2025

   Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have investigated how summer storms change the ecology of deep, clear lakes in a large-scale experiment in the “LakeLab” at Lake Stechlin.

9. Research Shows How Coffee Waste Could Be Used To Clean Contaminated Water 12/18/2025

   Two new research publications from experts at Loughborough University have demonstrated how coffee waste can be used to clean water.

10. Senate Confirms Douglas Troutman As Assistant Administrator For EPA's Office Of Chemical Safety And Pollution Prevention 12/18/2025

    The United States Senate has confirmed Douglas Troutman to serve as the Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).