Some Pennsylvania water wells have tested positive for the cancerous material.
San Diego moves ahead with “sewer to tap” plan
City officials say within five years, the city will be getting drinking water from recycled sewage.
CH2M to provide operations, maintenance services for Lucan Biddulph Water System
Contract terms are for five years.
VIDEO: Severn Trent trials algal bioreactor for phosphorus removal
Utility Severn Trent is beginning to roll out new technologies to remove phosphorus from the sewage treatment process to meet new stringent targets…
Fisia Italimpianti bolsters membrane project roster with Shuaiba SWRO
Fisia Italimpianti and a Spanish joint-venture partner Abengoa are set to design and build a 250,000 m3/day desalination plant in Saudi Arabia…
UK water utilities under fire for unimproved leakage levels
Leakage levels across UK water utilities have not fallen for at least four years, according to a new analysis from the Guardian…
Smartphone protector P2i gets £10m funding
Oxfordshire-based P2i, which develops liquid repellent materials used in smartphones, has received a £10m in venture funding from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s Growth Finance team. Liquid damage is the second most common type of phone damage, behind smashed screens. P2i develops water resistant nano-coating which are used to protect the electronic components in smartphones. The firm said it will use the investment to …
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Germans aim for aluminium nitride deep-UV leds
A Bavarian consortium is developing aluminium nitride LEDs for disinfection – aiming for mass-production to replace mercury-containing lamps.
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Harwin invests in US cabling facility for space work
Harwin has increased investment in its high-relibility cable assembly facility in the US. Harwin’s cabling facility at Salem, New Hampshire addresses the space and avionics markets with prototyping, and electrical and mechanical testing of both cable and wire harnesses and coaxial cable assemblies. These markets are a big focus for Harwin with hi-rel connector ranges, in particular, the …
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UK researchers help in high temperature capacitor breakthrough
Capacitor specialists in the UK have contributed to an EU research project to develop a lead-free ceramic dielectric, with high energy density and reduced losses, for high temperature applications such as electric vehicles. Norwich-based researchers at Knowles Capacitors together with the UK’s National Physical Laboratory worked on the project with Euro Support Advanced Materials of …
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