wastewater treatment

Texas Tech Heads Collaboration to Study Impact, Technology Necessary for Recycling of Produced Water

July 15, 2021

As one of the leading agricultural research institutions in the U.S., Texas Tech University will serve as the administrator for the newly created Texas Produced Water Consortium, a collaborative effort to […]

Brown and Caldwell to Lead Large-Scale Improvements at Boulder, Colorado, Drinking Water Treatment Facility

June 24, 2021

The City of Boulder, Colorado, has engaged Brown and Caldwell to provide professional engineering and design services at the City’s Betasso Water Treatment Facility (BWTF) to address aging infrastructure and […]

Journey of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Through Wastewater Facilities Highlights Regulation Challenges

June 1, 2021

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have conducted two of the first studies in New England to collectively show that toxic man-made chemicals called PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances), found […]

EPA and Partners Launch Challenge to Develop Low-Cost Water Sensors that Detect Toxicity

May 5, 2021

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and partners have launched the Water Toxicity Sensor Challenge. The challenge calls on innovators to develop a sensor that can identify whether there are chemical […]

U.S. EPA Establishes a New Council on PFAS

April 30, 2021

To help deliver on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) mission to protect human health and the environment, Administrator Michael S. Regan issued a memorandum to EPA’s senior leadership calling […]

DOE Awards $27.5 Million to 16 Teams Working to Decarbonize U.S. Water Infrastructure

March 23, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced awards totaling $27.5 million for 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, […]

MABR Combined with Traditional Technologies Can Supercharge Wastewater Treatment

February 19, 2021

Wastewater treatment systems that combine conventional setups with a relatively new technology could reap a host of benefits: smaller plant sizes, lower energy costs, and more nitrogen pollution removed. Researchers […]

Study Yields Recommendations to Prevent Outbreaks from Waterborne Coronaviruses

February 12, 2021

Testing has shown that sewage systems can be flush with coronaviruses, and airborne coronaviruses traced to wastewater have been identified as the cause of at least one major disease outbreak. […]

Half of Global Wastewater Is Now Treated, but Developing Countries Still Lagging

February 11, 2021

A new study by scientists at Utrecht University and the United Nations University concludes that about half of global wastewater is treated, rather than the previous estimate of 20 percent. […]

Alberta Health Releases Updated Reclaimed Water Guidelines

February 9, 2021

Alberta Health recently issued updated versions of two guidelines that will help assist in identifying the source, treatment, and uses for all types of reclaimed water. These documents provide significantly […]