Entries Tagged Water Treatment

Online Exclusives News Briefs: New Solar Material Could Clean Drinking Water

Entry 243308Providing clean water to soldiers in the field and citizens around the world is essential, and yet remains one of the...

July 29, 2020

Online Exclusives Stanford Researchers Design a More Efficient, Affordable Desalination Process

Taking a new approach to an old problem, Stanford researchers have created a device that could make converting seawater to freshwater profitable...

July 13, 2020

Online Exclusives Saint Louis University launches new WATER Institute

Saint Louis University has established the Water Access, Technology, Environment and Resources (WATER) Institute. The new institute brings together researchers in the...

July 02, 2020

Online Exclusives EPA Administrator Emphasizes Value of Water Treatment in Talk With WQA

The Water Quality Association’s Board of Directors recently heard from Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler in a conference call in which...

April 06, 2020

Online Exclusives Water and Wastewater: No Industry Is More Essential

In its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government earlier this month identified you as essential critical infrastructure workers. At COLE...

March 26, 2020

Editorial Windows in a Decorative Wall Deliver Insights to Treatment Plant Visitors

The Willamette River Water Treatment Plant was built as a long series of buildings in a row, each joined by sections of...

January 15, 2020

Online Exclusives Fluoride Lawsuit Could Impact Water Treatment Industry

A lawsuit challenging the use of fluoride treatment in drinking water systems could have a far-reaching impact for utilities around the nation. For...

December 12, 2019

Online Exclusives Researchers Use Smartphone to Detect Norovirus in Water

A little bit of norovirus — the highly infectious microbe that causes about 20 million cases of food poisoning in the United...

December 09, 2019

Online Exclusives Field Trips On Wheels: Mobile Education Center Teaches Students About Water Treatment

The environmental compliance and water quality team at Illinois American Water visits schools throughout the year to educate students about the water...

December 03, 2019

Online Exclusives Changing Minds: How the Industry Is Gaining Public Trust in Water Reuse

Getting ratepayers on board with water reuse may seem daunting, but those who have been keeping a finger on the pulse of...

October 29, 2019

Online Exclusives This Kentucky Operator Is a Pioneer for Women in Water Treatment

Entry 244156When Pamela Rose wanted to join the Elizabethtown (Kentucky) Water Treatment Plant more than two decades ago, she was asked to...

October 01, 2019

Online Exclusives Exam Study Guide: Biological Activity in Lagoons; and Calcium Hardness Calculation

Entry 244159Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...

September 26, 2019