Source Water Contamination

31. Researchers Discover Surprisingly Simple, Cheap Method For Destroying PFAS 11/22/2022

    Leading researchers may have made a significant breakthrough in the ongoing battle against one of the country’s most notorious — and notoriously difficult to treat — drinking water and wastewater contaminants.

32. Navy Sailors Found To Be Consuming Wastewater Aboard Warship 10/31/2022

    The latest water contamination scandal faced by the armed forces resulted in Navy sailors consuming potentially dangerous wastewater aboard a major warship.

33. Report: Nearly 200 Million Pounds Of Contaminants Released To U.S. Waterways In 2020 10/14/2022

    As the foundational Clean Water Act — meant to serve as the primary federal law protecting U.S. source water from pollution — neared a milestone birthday, new data indicated that it might not be as effective as many would hope.

34. Veterans Say U.S. Navy Sailors Have Been Drinking Jet-Fuel-Contaminated Water 10/11/2022

    As the U.S. military attempted to recover from its latest drinking water contamination scandal, Navy sailors came forward to claim that they were put at undue risk of consuming jet fuel in drinking water aboard numerous warships.

35. Military Families Sue U.S. Government Over Fuel Contamination Of Drinking Water 9/13/2022

    Following unprecedented drinking water contamination at a Navy storage facility in Hawaii, the families of victims are now looking to hold the government accountable.

36. Jackson, Mississippi Reaches State Of Emergency Over Drinking Water Crisis 9/6/2022

    An ongoing drinking water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city has now warranted an emergency declaration and a wave of mainstream attention on all the things that have gone wrong.

37. A Very British Scandal: None Of England's Water Companies Met Their Sewage Spill Goals 8/30/2022

    In a sign of just how challenging it is to get effluent up to international quality standards, every wastewater company in England and Wales has been found short of their pollution and untreated sewage spill goals for last year.

38. Teen Wins Google Science Fair For Microplastic Removal Method 8/29/2022

    An imaginative and enterprising young man may have just cracked the code for battling one of the world’s most pervasive and difficult-to-treat water contaminants, as 18-year-old Fionn Ferreira took home the top prize at the Google Science Fair for his technique of removing microplastics.

39. New Research Finds Way To Destroy PFAS At Molecular Level 8/24/2022

    As the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in source water, drinking water, and wastewater is found to be surprisingly widespread, and regulators introduce stricter guidelines for them, new research is giving hope that their harmful effects can be mitigated at the molecular level.

40. Study: Rainwater Everywhere Contains Unsafe Levels Of PFAS 8/16/2022

    Drinking water and wastewater managers throughout the U.S. are keenly aware of just how pervasive per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be in the environment.