The need to conserve our water resources has gone from idealistic to imperative in recent years. There are countless ways that utilities are looking to meet that pressure, but few solutions are making more headway than wastewater reuse.
Industry accounts for nearly 60 percent of fresh water withdrawals in the developed world, putting tremendous stress on water resources which will only increase with growth.
The Western Governors' Drought Forum webinar “Once Marginal, Now Crucial: The Growing Demand for Re-used, Produced, and Brackish Water” explores the technological and regulatory obstacles to utilizing re-used, produced, and brackish water.
We are celebrating EarthDay2015 with our freshwater friends! Water covers 70.9% of the Earth’s surface. However, the water found at the Earth’s surface in lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and swamps makes up only 0.3% of the world’s freshwater sources.
Doubletree Paper Mills in Arizona expanded manufacturing operation in 2014. The paper mill purifies groundwater and recycles wastewater with reverse osmosis for use in its paper products processes.
Bill Gates challenges Jimmy to taste test water from the Omniprocessor, which turns sewage into clean drinking water.
Learn how Fluence helped the city of Obregon, Mexico overcome severe ecological challenges, save energy, and treat wastewater for reuse.
Alex and the crew travel to Saudi Arabia and talk to Noura Shehab, a Ph.D. student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), about her research to use microbes to power sea water desalination.
The name “wastewater” doesn’t accurately describe water that has been used, says Jim Porteous, from Ovivo.
Many utilities are looking at peracetic acid (PAA) as a safe means to quickly treat sewer overflows when treating storm water. Because PAA, which is created by mixing peroxide with acetic acid, contains different properties than traditional chlorine compounds, it doesn’t come with chlorine-related disinfection byproducts.
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