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  1. Interior Department Announces $102.9 Million For Wetland Conservation Projects 8/8/2025

    The Department of the Interior today announced $102.9 million in North American Wetlands Conservation Act funding has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, providing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to conserve, restore or enhance 548,242 acres of critical wetland and associated upland habitat for migratory birds across North America. Partners will provide more than $201.2 million in matching funds.

  2. Nanobubbles Boost Membrane Performance Without Added Chemicals Or Heat 8/8/2025

    Environmental engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a more sustainable way to enhance the structure and performance of ultrafiltration membranes by introducing nanobubbles during fabrication — eliminating the need for added chemicals, solvent blends or heat.

  3. NPHarvest Launches Industrial-Scale Wastewater Nutrient Recovery Demo At Biogas Plant In Ankara 8/8/2025

    Finnish cleantech startup NPHarvest, which specializes in recovering nutrients from wastewater with up to 90% efficiency, has officially launched its first industrial-scale Nutrient Catcher demo unit at the Aslan Biomass biogas plant in Ankara, Türkiye.

  4. New Depths: England's Swimming Waters Five Times Worse Than EU's 8/8/2025

    Bathing water quality in England - and across the four nations of the United Kingdom - is notably worse than the EU average, data analysis has shown.

  5. New Process Turns PFAS Pollutant Into Fluoride 8/8/2025

    Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a sunlight-activated material that can degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water, breaking down the pollutant into harmless components, including fluoride.

  6. Water In Nanospace 8/8/2025

    Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have upended assumptions about how water behaves when squeezed into the atom-scale spaces.

  7. Landmark Settlement With DuPont Valued At Over $2 Billion 8/7/2025

    Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced a groundbreaking environmental settlement, valued at over $2 billion, to remedy long-standing contamination stemming from PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), also known as “forever chemicals,” as well as other pollutants originating from four industrial sites.  It is the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.

  8. Revolutionary Device From FCE BUT Changes Approach To Wastewater Disposal 8/7/2025

    After several years of research, testing, and validation, an innovative technology was developed in collaboration with ConWe s.r.o., a spin-off of Brno University of Technology, and the Faculty of Civil Engineering at BUT.

  9. Central Texas Angel Network Leads $2.6M+ In Funding For Wastewater And Biogas Treatment Solutions 8/7/2025

    The Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) leads $2.6M in funding across two clean-tech companies that are addressing some of the most urgent and overlooked challenges in global water and wastewater systems.

  10. A Smarter Membrane For Cleaner Water 8/7/2025

    As climate change and population growth place mounting pressure on global water resources, communities around the world are seeking sustainable ways to reclaim water from nontraditional sources such as stormwater, agricultural runoff and municipal wastewater.