While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month's floods — after years of devastating droughts — University of...
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Researchers Pioneer Magnetic Method for PFAS Removal
Researchers at The University of Queensland in Australia have pioneered a simple, fast and effective technique to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
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Researchers Use Egg Whites to Remove Microplastics From Water
Researchers at Princeton Engineering have found a way to turn your breakfast food into a new material that can cheaply remove salt...
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Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Membrane Capable of Removing Microplastics and VOCs
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) Professor Park Chi-Young's team has successfully developed an atypical porous polymer material that can completely...
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A State-of-the-Art Water Plant Doubles as a Learning Laboratory for University Students
Universities and the water profession have long collaborated to bring innovative and effective treatment technologies to the field.But it’s not often that...
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NSF Award Advances Kentucky Researchers Low-Cost Water Treatment Work
Along the rivers that snake across the Commonwealth, you’ll find a University of Kentucky researcher taking samples to study the health of...
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Manmade Wetlands Are a Natural Barrier to the Spread of Microplastics, Says Study
Constructed wetlands, built to treat wastewater and stormwater runoff, act as a barrier preventing the spread of microplastics through the environment, a...
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Water Fleas as 'Canaries in Coal Mine' Offer Key to Managing Chemical Pollution
Water fleas, or Daphnia, could provide an important early warning system for chemical pollution in our lakes and rivers.
In addition, where prevention...
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A New Organization Aims to Create
The water sector faces a set of persistent challenges: developing the workforce of the future, deploying innovative technologies, defining research needs and...
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Canadian Student Wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2022
Annabelle M. Rayson from Canada has received the prestigious 2022 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her research on how to treat and...
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Chemists Discover Simple Method to Destroy Some PFAS
If you're despairing at recent reports that Earth's water sources have been thoroughly infested with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), making even...
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EPA Awards Grant to Students to Address PFAS in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $25,000 to University of Missouri engineering sustainability students to design, fabricate and test a point-of-use...
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'Future-Proof' Bacterial Method Removes Phosphorus From Warmer Wastewater
Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and the National University of Singapore, have...
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Tapping the Minds of Future Water Problem Solvers: Xylem Rewards Innovative Thinking
The water and wastewater sector depends on a new generation of devoted professionals to replace those retiring by the thousands. And solutions to...
















