The Bureau of Reclamation recently awarded $5.8 million to 22 laboratory and pilot-scale desalination research projects to enable broader deployment of desalination...
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New Research Says Perchlorate In Drinking Water Is More Dangerous Than Previously Understood
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that perchlorate inhibits the uptake of iodide, an essential component of thyroid hormones, in a more pronounced and...
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Drumscreen Monster Keeps Prized MBR Safe in Variable Conditions
The small town of Field, British Columbia, once a stop for trains on their way over the continental divide, now welcomes tourists...
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How WWTPs Can Remove Pharmaceuticals
A recent study of seven wastewater treatment plants in the Eastern U.S. reveals a mixed record when it comes to removing medicines...
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EPA Announces Testing Method and Cleanup Recommendations for PFAS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently took another key step in implementing the agency’s PFAS Action Plan by announcing a new...
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Water Recycling Demo Plant Begins Operations in Los Angeles
In a major step toward the potential construction of one of the largest water recycling plants in the nation, the Metropolitan Water...
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Changing Minds: How the Industry Is Gaining Public Trust in Water Reuse
Getting ratepayers on board with water reuse may seem daunting, but those who have been keeping a finger on the pulse of...
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El Paso Water to Build First-of-Its-Kind Direct Potable Reuse Plant
Drought has always been a challenge for the desert community of El Paso, Texas. With an average total rainfall of about 9...
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Researchers Find Nanoporous Material That Captures PFAS
Barely visible material that looks like tiny grains of sand may hold the key to removing an invisible health threat that has contaminated...
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Grants Awarded to 30 Desalination Research Projects
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has announced that 30 projects will receive a total of $5.1 million from the Desalination and Water...
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House, Senate Pass Bills to Expand PFAS Monitoring
The emerging concern of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in our nation's water sources has gained the attention of water and wastewater...
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Why Cultivating an Optimization Mindset Is Vital to Treatment Success
When the wastewater treatment plant crew in North Cary, North Carolina, set its sights on the Partnership for Clean Water Director’s Award,...
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Finding a Treatment Solution to the Arsenic Problem
Quilicura, a municipality located in Chile’s Santiago Metropolitan Region, needed to address high arsenic levels in its water source. Well No. 3...
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How One City Treated High-Arsenic Well Water
The residential subdivision of Alto Lampa is a rapidly developing neighborhood located just outside of Santiago de Chile. The community is served...













