Entries Tagged PFAS

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...

A University of Rhode Island researcher leads a study that confirms a direct link between certain chemicals in drinking water and human...

Imagine you own a business that produces a beneficial product. Suddenly the government says you can no longer sell it. You can’t...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new plan to limit the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water...