SOURCE WATER RESOURCES

• Reshaping Resilience: How Tech Giants And Utilities Are Confronting The Global Water Crisis

  Water scarcity is increasingly impacting sectors from agriculture and energy to urban planning and high-tech manufacturing. Recently, industry leaders gathered to explore how new technologies and complex industrial demands are forcing a fundamental rethinking of water infrastructure.

• When Chemistry Meets Water Innovation

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

• Building Resilient Water Treatment: How Ozone Systems Help Utilities Prepare for Extreme Weather

  Ozone systems build resilience into water treatment. They ensure utilities remain chemically self-sufficient, allow fast recovery from power outages, and handle rapid water quality shifts.

• The Role Of Fluorometers In Environmental Health Monitoring

  Continuous fluorescence measurements provide immediate insights into water health, detecting microbial contamination, nutrient pollution, and harmful algal blooms faster than traditional lab analysis.

• The Future Of Water Quality Monitoring

  Real-time sensing is replacing traditional sampling to deliver essential water quality insights. Overcoming challenges like sensor biofouling and data management is the critical next step in ensuring future water resource protection.

• Responsible Reclamation – City of Abilene, Texas

  To combat drought, Abilene, Texas, implemented a reuse system utilizing O₃​ + BAC to remove trace organics. This solution met strict standards, ensured water resilience, and proved more cost-effective than AOP alternatives.

• De-Risking Chemical Contamination In Non-Potable Reuse Water Applications

  Discover how German scientists piloted edible crop irrigation with reuse water at a German water reclamation facility to create a comprehensive chemical risk assessment framework, progressing reuse’s feasibility in Europe.

• Extracting Water From Air: A Historical And Military Perspective

  In the early 2000s, I was consulting for a military contractor on expanding their mobile water treatment system for military applications. As part of that work, I researched other water supply technologies used by the U.S. military, including atmospheric water generation (AWG) — the process of extracting potable water directly from the air.

• Solving The World's Microplastics Problem: 4 Solutions Cities And States Are Trying After Global Treaty Talks Collapsed

  Microplastics seem to be everywhere — in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. Countries have tried for the past few years to write a global plastics treaty that might reduce human exposure, but the latest negotiations collapsed in August 2025. While U.S. and global solutions seem far off, policies to limit harm from microplastics are gaining traction at the state and local levels.

• Ozone Vs. UV-AOP: Choosing The Right Path For Advanced Water Treatment

  Ozone and UV-AOP each offer powerful contaminant removal for drinking water, wastewater, and reuse applications. Their unique strengths—and potential synergy—help utilities meet diverse treatment goals efficiently.