Fine is the largest issued in years by state environmental regulators.

Spanish water utility Aigües de Barcelona has been accredited to use Aqua Metrology Systems’ online THM-100 analyser to continuously monitor THMs in its drinking water supply network…

Consolidated Water confirmed details of a deal with the state of Baja California, Mexico, through subsidiary Aguas de Rosarito, to design, construct, finance, and operate a seawater desalination plant in Playas de Rosarito.

The order gives the city 120 days to submit a plan to EPA for approval to work toward the elimination of unauthorized wastewater releases.

Xylem has won approval for two ultraviolet disinfection systems from the drinking water division of California’s water resources control board.

A proposed new industry-led water research centre in Australia has passed its first hurdle by being shortlisted for funding by the Australian government.

Using AbTech’s adsorptive media as a final polisher for phosphorus, onsite treatability testing demonstrated removal down to 41 ppb phosphorus.

Lanxess is to double the capacity of its membrane production facility in the city of Bitterfeld, Germany next year.

Falls in the elderly can be predicted, three weeks early in some cases, according to the University of Missouri. “We have developed a non-wearable sensor system that can measure walking patterns in the home, including gait speed and stride length,” said Marjorie Skubic, who is both director of the University centre for elderly care and …

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Chemists at the University of Waterloo in Canada are claiming to have developed a long-lasting zinc-ion battery. It is said to use non-flammable non-toxic materials and a pH-neutral water-based salt, consisting of a water-based electrolyte, a pillared vanadium oxide positive electrode and a metallic zinc negative electrode. Inside, positively-charged zinc ions are oxidized from the …

Read full article: Zinc-ion cell lasts 1,000 cycles to 80%