Tampa, Florida, is taking a significant leap in water purification technology with the introduction of Suspended Ion Exchange (SIX) treatment. Announced at the David L. Tippin treatment facility, this state-of-the-art system positions the city at the forefront of tackling PFAS removal. SIX functions by filtering raw water through a specialized resin, which captures harmful chemicals and substitutes them with safer ions.
Once complete, the Tippin facility will become the first to adopt SIX in the U.S. and the largest of its kind globally.
Workers Voice Concerns Over Fracking Wastewater Treatment in Pennsylvania
Public Herald, a non-profit investigative news organization, has published claims from a number of employees alleging hazardous working conditions linked to the fracking wastewater treatment process of a company in Pennsylvania.
In the article, shift leader Eric Steppe shares a harrowing story about a wastewater spill that hospitalized him, and claims the company he worked for is failing to sufficiently remove radioactivity from fracking waste before it's discharged into rivers.
The Persistent Threat of Cryptosporidium in U.S. Water Systems
This article by Scientific American explores how even 30 years after the largest waterborne disease outbreak in U.S. history, caused by the parasite Cryptosporidium in Milwaukee, water systems nationwide continue to grapple with this parasite.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 444 outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis, the illness caused by this parasite, between 2009 and 2017 in the U.S., with an annual increase of about 13%. It's estimated that 823,000 people contract cryptosporidiosis each year, but less than 2% of these cases are reported to the CDC.
