Entries Tagged PFAS

A new study led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research has identified what may be a novel biological approach for removing extremely small...

Most of the New England states have conducted studies to understand the levels of PFAS in their wastewater and biosolids. Most recently, Massachusetts,...

The North East Biosolids & Residuals Association’s latest newsletter reports that options for managing biosolids in that region are shrinking, and not...

Public water sector utilities recently joined a national news conference recently hosted by the Water Coalition Against PFAS to dispel the leading...

In June 2023, two landmark settlement proposals were announced over per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), in which two of the chemical companies...

Xylem makes progress on its sustainability goals Xylem delivered significant progress towards its sustainability goals in 2022, including enabling water utilities to reduce...

The Boston Globe reports that a fawn trapped in an underground pipe at the Brockton (Massachusetts) Wastewater Treatment Facility was safely rescued...

New Watts Works Learning Center opens in Fort WorthThe latest of the Watts Works Learning Centers, now with over 200 employees, has...

A nationwide multidistrict litigation bellwether lawsuit addressing PFAS contamination, which had been set to start trial June 5, has been postponed so...

Problem: The City of Tucson water treatment plant was treating 1,4-dioxane using a UV advanced oxidation process with eight granular activated carbon...

Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new water treatment that removes PFAS from drinking water safely, efficiently and...

Drinking water professionals are familiar with PFAS, but in many cases these synthetic chemicals have not been on wastewater treatment operators’ radar. That...

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies joined other members of the Water Coalition Against PFAS in endorsing the Water Systems PFAS Liability...

While in southern New Mexico in early May, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Congressman Gabe Vasquez announced a $12.6 million...