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As global demand for freshwater continues to rise, the need for innovative solutions has never been more critical. In the UK, England alone could face a public water supply shortfall of up to 5 billion litres per day by 2055.

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new scientific study using cutting-edge methods to improve the agency’s understanding of what pollutants may be present in drinking water. This groundbreaking new research by EPA scientists goes beyond traditional testing methods to screen for a broad array of pollutants, including pharmaceuticals, PFAS, and more than 1,000 potential contaminants. This action advances EPA’s commitment to help Make America Healthy Again while following gold standard science.

Wastewater treatment plants in many American communities are doing more than treating sewage – they’re also producing renewable energy. According to new data released today from the American Biogas Council, 1,200 wastewater treatment plants across the United States currently capture and use biogas produced from wastewater sludge. That means wastewater treatment plants account for nearly half of the approximately 2,600 biogas facilities of all types operating in the United States today.

The global policy framework for industrial wastewater treatment is undergoing a fundamental transformation, escalating from mere "compliance discharge" to mandatory "resource recovery" and "zero liquid discharge."

In Denmark, industry's absolute water consumption was almost at the same level in 2022 as in 2012, according to an analysis from the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV).

John Crane, a global leader in flow-control technologies and an innovator in solutions for rotating equipment, and a business of Smiths Group plc, has helped a German sugar producer reduce the water required for mechanical seal cooling and lubrication by approximately 80%. Across a full six-month production season, the reduction is equivalent to saving more than 6.2 million litres of water.