World Access to Potable Water

Coca-Cola and Dean Kamen Partner for Clean Water

One of the world's growing problems, not only in developing countries, is access to clean drinking water. Over ¾ billion people could benefit from...

Phosphine-Functionalized Resins Capturing Gold From Wastewater

The extraction of toxic but valuable metals such as nickel, chromium, lead, and mercury, from wastewaters produced in various industries such as semiconductor and...

A Novel Water Treatment Method Using Simple Electrochemistry

Various water treatment systems have sprung up to increase the quality of drinking water. For remote and underdeveloped areas, unfortunately, these technologies are not...

Graphene Membranes Could Aid Water Filtering

Graphene has proven itself as not only a great conductor for heat and electricity, but also a perfect substance for a barrier film and...

Cleaning Contaminated Water Using Photocatalysts

Solar Water Disinfection is a well-known technique for cleaning contaminated water with ultraviolet rays.  Although this technique has been investigated by many, Deepika Kurup...

New OSU Process Recycles Waste Water with Record Efficiency

Waste water has been found to contain important amounts of energy, trapped inside organic molecules. A new technique coming from a team of researchers...

New Wastewater Treatment Plant From Siemens Saves Energy by Using Bacterial Heat

Siemens has recently invented a new biodrying process that can convert sewage sludge into usable elements - all of this while saving a great...

New High-Performance Water Desalination Technique Uses Nanoporous Graphene

About 97 percent of the earth’s water is found in seas and oceans, yet only a fraction of the world’s potable water comes from...

Google Uses Recycled Wastewater to Cool Douglas County Data Center

A new Google initiative wants to recycle wastewater to cool its hot Douglas County, Georgia data center. By collaborating with the local water authority...

Microbes and Saltwater Used to Produce Electricity from Wastewater and Waste Heat

The difference between saltwater and freshwater can produce electricity. Microbial fuel cells use bacteria to degrade organic matter to also produce energy. Great as...