Entries Tagged PFAS

As city populations boom and the need grows for sustainable energy and water, scientists and engineers with the University of Chicago and...

At the Association of California Water Agencies’ 2021 Virtual Spring Conference and Exhibition, the Orange County Water District received the Clair A....

University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered a way to simplify the removal of toxic metals, like mercury and boron, during desalination...

Entry 242631The high-water mark of a seven-year effort to deal with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been...

In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate has passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, which...

Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it’s not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material. That could be changing. In...

President Joe Biden recently released an ambitious infrastructure plan called the "American Jobs Plan” that includes an unprecedented $111 billion investment in...

PFAS is topic of significant public concern and a challenge for municipal water and wastewater utilities charged with protecting public health and...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently issued two actions to protect public health by addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water, highlighting...

Entry 243090Minnesota has announced its PFAS Blueprint, which is a 191-page plan to aggressively address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The plan proposes inceasing...

The synthetic chemicals known as PFAS, short for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are found in soil and groundwater where they have accumulated,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a suite of actions from across the agency that will continue the progress the agency has made...

Entry 243177Crews are working to clean up a diesel fuel spill at a wastewater treatment facility in Selawik, in the Northwest Arctic...

Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture and destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water using a tunable copolymer electrode. Using...