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08/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Engineers devise a system that recovers fresh water from power plants

What do you think of an electrical power plant that can also provide an inexpensive source of drinking water? Engineers have come up with a way to recover the water used to cool power plants and purify it for human consumption, an article in Science Direct stated. Nearly 40 percent of the water drawn from freshwater sources […]

06/12/2018 / By David Williams

Graphene-based water filter that produces potable water invented by scientists

Over the past year, there have been many studies conducted on the potential uses of graphene-based materials and devices. Now a group of researchers at Sydney’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have come up with a new kind of water filter that can produce drinkable water in one quick step. It even works […]

06/08/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New polymer mat able to fish biologically harmful contaminants from water

There’s a new water treatment mat that acts like a miniaturized fishing net for water pollutants. Devised by Texan researchers, it can bait, hook, and destroy toxic chemicals in water supplies, according to a ScienceDaily article. Developed by the Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center, the mat uses titanium dioxide to break down pollutants. It can be made as big or […]

05/31/2018 / By Janine Acero

Researchers create a harvesting system that can extract clean drinking water from air

A shortage of food supply sure is scary, but nothing is more troubling and alarming than the prospect of losing precious life-sustaining water. Now a group of scientists have developed a device that can extract clean drinking water right from the air. And not only is it possible in a general sense, but that water can […]

05/14/2018 / By David Williams

Inspired by nature, new “slippery rough surface” material harvests water out of air

There are many places in the world suffering from water shortages. As such, scientists are constantly looking for ways to alleviate this, trying to come up with possible solutions that can be implemented in the real world today. Now a group of researchers from Penn State and the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) have […]

04/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Fog harvesting could help alleviate water shortages

As traditional sources of water dry out or grow contaminated with pollution, we’ll need to find new ways to get the water we need. One method is fog harvesting, where you collect moisture from ground-level clouds. A Virginia-based research team has come up with a “fog harp” that collects thrice as much water as earlier fog nets, […]

04/23/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Engineers developing low tech solutions to prevent waterborne illnesses in stagnant municipal water systems

Virtually every adult in America is aware of the disaster in Flint, Michigan, in which over 100,000 residents were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead in their drinking water, after the source of that water was changed to the Flint River and the water was not properly treated. What many of us are not […]

04/09/2018 / By Janine Acero

Plastic pollution being re-purposed to break down dyes from wastewater

People use plastic for a variety of reasons, which has given way to the production of different kinds of the material. However, one of the unintended consequences of such an expansion is that of improper disposal. Experts have developed recycling methods to reduce plastic waste, in an effort to mitigate environmental damage. Now a joint […]

03/29/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Scientists create a cheap paper water filter that removes lead, arsenic and bacteria while being portable and disposable

Hands down, the most important factor in maintaining public health is access to clean water, and scientist Liangjie Dong from the University of Hawaii has come up with a revolutionary new technology that stands to bring clean water to even the poorest and most remote regions of the world – all for just a few […]

02/13/2018 / By David Williams

The EPA has a new tool for dealing with and preventing mining disasters: robots

If you thought oil spills were bad, you should know the mine spills aren’t any better, as far as containment and cleanup are concerned. It has pretty much the same exact set of problems as oil spills, only they occur first on land, then only later spread to rivers and other bodies of water. While […]

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