Entries Tagged Research

Researchers from the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia in Spain have designed micromotors that move around on their own to purify...

The latest episode of Penn State University's Growing Impact podcast explores how wastewater treatment plants could use solar power to improve their environmental performance,...

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

Marquette University in Wisconsin has received a second two-year, $3.8 million U.S. Department of Defense grant for an ongoing interdisciplinary program titled “In...

Water and wastewater utilities are executing ambitious decarbonization goals, according to a new survey of 100 utilities in North America and Europe....

Northwestern University engineers have developed a new sponge that can remove metals — including toxic heavy metals like lead and critical metals...

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

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

In my first newspaper jobs I covered a wide range of municipal organizations, including water and sewer utilities. One water utility had...

Texas A&M University researchers have developed a new technique to monitor one of the key processes of purifying water in real time. Raw...

Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research...

Harmful algae blooms in lakes are a major environmental problem, producing dangerous toxins that can taint water supplies or harm other organic...

While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month's floods — after years of devastating droughts — University of...

Researchers at The University of Queensland in Australia have pioneered a simple, fast and effective technique to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...