Wastewater News

31. EPA And Army Wrap Up Initial Listening Sessions, Move Toward Proposal To Revise 2023 Definition Of WOTUS 6/17/2025

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of the Army (Army) have completed a robust series of listening sessions intended to seek input from stakeholders on real-world and practical experience with Clean Water Act (CWA) programs and requirements that rely on the definition of “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS.

32. Biogas, Forever Chemicals And Sand Filtration: Cranfield Supports Three Innovative Projects To Address Water Sector Challenges 6/16/2025

    Cranfield University is involved with three projects recently awarded funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge. Winning a share of £42M in funding, the projects will focus on solutions to some of the water sector’s biggest challenges.

33. Inauguration Of The Eaux Blanches Wastewater Treatment Plant In Sète, Occitanie Region, A Key Facility To Protect The Environment And Accelerate The Energy Transition 6/16/2025

    Loïc Linares, President of Sète agglopôle méditerranée, Hervé Marques, Mayor of Sète, Karine Bonacina, Director of the Montpellier delegation of the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency, Arnaud Bazire, CEO of SUEZ Water France, and François-Xavier Lauch, Prefect of Hérault, inaugurated the new Eaux Blanches wastewater treatment plant in Sète, Hérault, on June 14th, 2025.

34. Proactive, Secondary Containment Vessels For Preventing Hazardous Gas Release From Cylinders And Ton-Containers Now Also Available For Preventing Release From Bulk Storage Tanks 6/16/2025

    The inventor of unique, proactive, secondary containment vessels for preventing hazardous releases of chlorine, anhydrous ammonia, and sulfur dioxide gases, from their cylinders or ton-containers, to plant and community environments, now also offers a similar function when the gases are stored in bulk storage tanks.

35. U.S., Mexico Fast-Track Solution To Tijuana River Pollutants 6/12/2025

    After UCSD research indicated worsening air and water quality in the San Diego area as a result of wastewater contamination in the Tijuana River, the U.S. EPA and Mexico intend to expand the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant’s treatment capacity from 25 million gallons per day (MGD) to 35 MGD over the next 100 days.

36. Multiple Mobile Systems Deployed For PFAS And Heavy Metal Removal From Contaminated Excavation Water 6/12/2025

    Mellifiq has deployed a fully integrated mobile treatment solution, including sedimentation and an automated flow-controlled chemical dosing station, at a major construction site to handle heavily contaminated excavation water.

37. Danone And Leprino Strengthen Partnership To Reduce GHG And Dairy Methane Emissions, Using BioFiltro Technology 6/12/2025

    Danone and Leprino have extended their existing business relationship for the supply of dairy ingredients by signing a multi-year agreement focused on sustainability.

     

38. Blockage-Detecting Robot Ready To Patrol Sewers 6/12/2025

    A sewer robot that inspects pipework and raises blockage alerts before flooding occurs is to be deployed in a live network for the first time.

39. Wet Soils Increase Flooding During Atmospheric River Storms 6/12/2025

    Atmospheric rivers are responsible for most flooding on the West Coast of the U.S., but also bring much needed moisture to the region.

40. New Hydrogel Treatments Turn Water Waste Into Fertilizer 6/11/2025

    Excessive nutrients in wastewater can lead to detrimental discharges into natural water bodies, prompting harmful algal blooms with severe environmental and economic repercussions.