Wastewater Treatment News

  1. New Membrane Turns Oxygen Into Powerful Wastewater Cleanser 7/24/2025

    A team at Hong Kong Baptist University, led by Professor Jun Zhao, has created a catalytic membrane that could transform water purification by targeting persistent phenolic pollutants—toxic compounds from industrial and agricultural sources that resist breakdown and accumulate in organisms.

  2. Yosemite National Park Breaks Ground On Modernized Wastewater Treatment Plant 7/24/2025

    Yosemite National Park celebrated a major milestone today in meeting its long-term infrastructure sustainability goals with the official groundbreaking for the new El Portal Wastewater Treatment Plant, a transformative $239M investment funded through the Great American Outdoors Act’s Legacy Restoration Fund, which was signed into law by President Donald J. Trump in 2020.

  3. ZwitterCo Expands Portfolio Of The Industry's Most Fouling-Resistant Membranes With Elevation, Evolution, And Expedition 7/23/2025

    ZwitterCo, a global leader in advanced membranes for challenging separations, has unveiled three distinct product families—Evolution, Elevation, and Expedition—designed to address the most pressing filtration needs across food processing, water reuse, and hard-to-treat industrial wastewater.

  4. Wastewater Treatment Plant For Ellatzite-Med Mining Complex In Operation 7/23/2025

    In mid-July, 72-hour tests and commissioning of the newly built modular treatment plant for mining wastewater at the Ellatzite-Med mining complex were successfully completed.

  5. U Engineers Develop Novel Material That Efficiently Removes 'Forever Chemicals' 7/22/2025

    University of Utah researchers have developed a material that addresses an urgent environmental challenges: the efficient removal and real-time detection of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a toxic and persistent member of the PFAS “forever chemicals” family, from contaminated water.

  6. Aqua Pennsylvania Acquires City Of Beaver Falls Wastewater System In Beaver County 7/22/2025

    Essential Utilities, Inc. announced today its Aqua Pennsylvania subsidiary has finalized a $37.75M purchase of the City of Beaver Falls wastewater system in Beaver County, PA.

  7. Nexom SAGR Post-Lagoon Nitrification Will Now Be Smaller And More Cost-Effective Than Ever 7/22/2025

    Nexom, an Axius Water company, announces today the launch of its smaller-footprint SAGR system.

  8. Wastewater Treatment Works To Be Upgraded To Improve Water Quality In The Manchester Ship Canal 7/21/2025

    A £17M upgrade has started at Warrington South wastewater treatment works to improve water quality in the Manchester Ship Canal.

  9. Construction Begins On Non-Potable Water Production For OOWV 7/21/2025

    The groundbreaking ceremony for the first non-potable water plant for the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) took place in Nordenham on 30 June.

  10. Puraffinity And U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Partner To Advance PFAS Remediation Technologies 7/20/2025

    Puraffinity, a leading innovator of advanced adsorbents for the removal of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), announces a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).