Sludge and Biosolids Processing News

  1. Light As A Feather Nanomaterial Extracts Drinking Water From Air 6/23/2025

    An international scientific collaboration has developed a novel nanomaterial to efficiently harvest clean drinking water from water vapour in the air.

  2. Researcher Part Of Global Study On Future Climate Threats To Coastal Oceans 6/23/2025

    A University of Strathclyde academic has played a key role in international research forecasting the impacts of climate change on the world’s coastal oceans to the end of the century.

  3. Chairwoman McClain's WIPPES Act Passes Through The U.S. House 6/23/2025

    Today, Chairwoman Lisa McClain’s (R-Mich.) Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  4. WHO Publishes 54 Pathogen Background Documents To Support Safe Water And Sanitation Systems 6/21/2025

    In a move to strengthen global efforts against waterborne disease, WHO has released 54 WASH-related pathogens new technical background documents — announced yesterday at a global water microbiology conference in the Netherlands — that capture the latest science on pathogens linked to drinking-water and sanitation systems.

  5. USGS Measures Flooding Across Texas 6/20/2025

    U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding across Texas following significant rainfall over the past three days. 

  6. New UNECE Study Identifies Priorities To Address Staffing Shortages In The Water Sector 6/20/2025

    Managing climate change impacts on water resources including floods and droughts, as well as competing demands from different sectors on dwindling resources and pollution, requires adequate human resources in the water sector.

  7. Scientists Calculate How Many Wet Wipes Enter UK Waters Per Person 6/20/2025

    Cardiff University scientists have developed the first comprehensive model that calculates wet wipe emissions to rivers and calculates how many natural fibres, regenerated fibres and plastic fibres per person are contributed to rivers annually.

  8. Jacobs Technologies Feature In Three Winning Water Innovation Projects 6/20/2025

    Three projects featuring Jacobs-developed technologies and expertise have been named winners of the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge by the Ofwat Innovation Fund.

  9. Study Finds Hidden Effects Of Wildfires On Water Systems 6/20/2025

    Wildfires profoundly influence the unseen microbial world within our waters, directly impacting water quality and ecosystem health, according to a new study presented at ASM Microbe 2025, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

  10. Xatoms Secures $3 Million In Pre-Seed Funding To Combine AI And Quantum Chemistry For Water Purification Technology 6/19/2025

    Xatoms, a cleantech startup using AI and quantum chemistry to develop solar-activated water purification solutions, has announced the successful closing of a $3 million pre-seed round, which consists of $2 million in VC funding and $1 million cumulative non-dilutive funding received to date.