Water Online Highlights

  1. When Chemistry Meets Water Innovation 10/30/2025

    Nobel-winning molecular materials are poised to reinvent purification, desalination, and reuse.

  2. The Hidden Costs Of Legacy Operational Technology 10/30/2025

    Water and wastewater utilities can get stuck in a cycle of upgrading their legacy operational technology systems. Here’s how to break that cycle.

  3. From Data To Decisions: AI's New Role In Water Management 10/30/2025

    Engineers are turning to AI to cut weeks of work into hours and sharpen critical decisions.

  4. How To Strengthen Your Flow Monitoring Strategy … Before The Next Overflow 10/30/2025

    Strategic flow monitoring helps wastewater utilities curb overflows, cut costs, and safeguard public health by turning accurate data into proactive action.

  5. 3 Nanotech Breakthroughs Revolutionizing Water Purification Worldwide 10/30/2025

    From graphene membranes to metal nanoparticles, nanotechnology is reshaping water purification with faster, cleaner, and more energy-efficient solutions.

  6. Public-Private Water Partnerships: Proactive Strategies For Industrial Water Challenges 10/30/2025

    One of the most pressing challenges facing utilities today is how to effectively respond to surging industrial demands while managing costs and maintaining established levels of service to existing customers. Thanks to new funding sources and drivers such as AI, the landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Industries such as data centers and semiconductors are consuming massive volumes of water to support cooling and manufacturing — and creating equally daunting challenges on the wastewater front.

  7. Pretreatment Filtration For Small Systems: The Expensive Pitfalls Of Low-Cost Equipment 10/30/2025

    When seeking bids for a fair comparison, it’s important to evaluate the total cost of ownership.

  8. The Water Online Show: The Critical Role Of Vessel Design In Media Treatment 10/29/2025

    In this episode of The Water Online Show, Travis Kennedy sits down with Ben Goecke from Calgon Carbon to talk about optimizing the design choices for your treatment system.

  9. From Fire Hydrants To Smart Networks: How Mueller Is Modernizing Water Infrastructure 10/28/2025

    Mueller may be best known for its iconic fire hydrants, but as Dave Johnston reveals, the company is leading a quiet revolution in smart water technology. In this episode of The Water Online Show from WEFTEC 2025, Johnston shares how Mueller’s latest innovations—from acoustic leak detection and pressure monitoring to hydrant renewal solutions—are transforming traditional infrastructure into intelligent systems. Discover how 165 years of experience meets cutting-edge innovation as Mueller helps utilities tackle aging assets, data-driven decision-making, and the future of connected water networks.

  10. Breakthrough Recyclable Polyimide Membranes Transform Wastewater And High-Salinity Water Treatment 10/28/2025

    Researchers have developed polyimide-based membranes for membrane distillation (MD) that overcome three persistent issues in membranes for water treatment and gas separations: the need for pore-forming chemicals that prevent recycling, performance degradation due to pore wetting and fouling, and the inherent trade-off between high water flux and selectivity.