New contaminant levels for two key PFAS chemicals, each 4 parts per trillion, are near the current U.S. practical detection limit, industry expert tells ENR, but EPA says more federal funding and added compliance time would boost fixes by drinking water systems.
A University of Oxford analysis proposes breaking up the company, including the creation of a business to take care of large wastewater capital projects.
The XPRIZE Foundation has announced a five-year effort to develop new approaches for sustainable seawater desalination to address global water scarcity.
U.S. Dept. of Energy officials selected three projects on former Appalachian region coal mine sites and two Southwest projects using active mineral mine land to receive federal funding.
During the 19th century, Chicago’s sewage got dumped into the Chicago River and flowed into Lake Michigan. Because the city’s drinking water was, and still is, drawn from the lake via two mile-long tunnels, officials feared that the sewage would endanger the water supply.