Industrial Water and Wastewater News

1. Starch Wastewater Treatment: GFS Tanks For Efficient Biogas Solutions 7/1/2026

   Starch is one of the most widely used agricultural products globally, serving as a key raw material in food production, the textile industry, chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals.

2. Kurita And Membrane Group India Establish Kurita Membrane India Pvt. Ltd., A Joint Venture To Cater To The Semiconductor Industry In India 6/30/2026

   Kurita Industries Ltd., (Head office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo, President: Hirohiko Ejiri, hereinafter: “Kurita” ) has established a joint venture, Kurita Membrane India Private Limited (hereinafter the “JV”) and started its business, specializing in water treatment solutions for electronics industry, primarily semiconductor sector, in India, together with Membrane Group India Private Limited (Head office: Gurugram, Haryana, India, Chairman: M M Narang, hereinafter “Membrane Group”), which operates in the design, manufacture, installation and servicing of water treatment equipment in the country.

3. 2bn Euros Over 15 Years: SUEZ Secures Its Largest Contract In The Middle East, To Support The Sustainability Of The Water Sector In Oman 6/29/2026

   ​Xavier Girre, CEO of SUEZ, said: “It is an honor for SUEZ to collaborate with the Omani authorities to provide sustainable drinking water and sanitation services to more than 2 million people.

4. Turning Oilfield Wastewater Into A New Resource 6/29/2026

   In a new Q&A with Process & Control Engineering, Brent Halldorson explains how ceramic ultrafiltration can help operators manage produced water variability, improve reliability, and protect downstream treatment systems.

5. Power Knot Launches OGF Organic Wastewater Filter System 6/29/2026

   Power Knot LLC, the market leader for on site organic waste management solutions, has launched the OGF™ organic filter system designed for organizations managing waste water with a high organic content.

6. Energy Recovery Announces New Wastewater Project Wins Across India 6/29/2026

   Energy Recovery today announced five new contracted wastewater projects in India, with multiple PX Pressure Exchanger (PX) energy recovery devices to be installed in industrial reverse osmosis (RO) plants across the country.

7. Suzy Hill, Engineering Innovation Project Manager At United Utilities, Explains How The Water Innovation Fund Project Making Microbes Matter Is Using Metagenomics To Identify Microorganisms In Wastewater Treatment Works, With The Potential To Improve Perf 6/26/2026

   Wastewater treatment is a biological process. While we know that there are certain families of bugs that do certain jobs, we don’t really know which specific microbes are doing what, and where they thrive.

8. UJ Researchers Design Highly Efficient Solar Material For Water Treatment 6/25/2026

   Researchers at the University of Johannesburg have created a highly efficient material powered by sunlight. It has the potential to clean dirty water or create hydrogen fuel in future, while using very little energy from conventional sources.

9. New Electrocatalyst Helps Clean Polluted Waters And Industrial Chemical Production 6/25/2026

   A new electrochemical system simultaneously converts plant-derived materials and nitrate pollutants into valuable industrial chemicals.

10. Enersense Signs A Significant Agreement With Aquatech For The Water Treatment Plant Of The World's First Large-Scale Green Steel Mill 6/24/2026

    Enersense will install pipelines and steel structures for the water treatment plant at the world’s first large-scale green steel mill which is being built in Boden, northern Sweden. Advancing near-zero emission steel production is essential for climate change mitigation, since steel currently produces around 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.