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Beyond the MCL: Why Manufacturing Validation Determines Whether PFAS Treatment Actually Works at Scale

Beyond the MCL: Why Manufacturing Validation Determines Whether PFAS Treatment Actually Works at Scale

Commentary, Water Management July 27, 2026 at 11:15 am

By Prinkesh Shah Over the past two years, PFAS regulation has been anything but settled. In 2024, EPA finalized the first national drinking water standards for PFOA, PFOS, and four additional PFAS compounds. In 2026, EPA proposed rescinding the standards for those four additional compoundsRead More

Tapping Brine’s Wealth: The Next Evolution for Desalination?

Tapping Brine’s Wealth: The Next Evolution for Desalination?

Water Management July 17, 2026 at 3:05 pm

By Nikolay Voutchkov Brine valorization plants are the next step in the evolution of desalination technology, which opens a new horizon for wider use of desalination as a baseline source of drought-proof and environmentally and fiscally sustainable water supply. Over the past decade, the desalinationRead More

Tampa developing milestone drinking water treatment upgrade

Tampa developing milestone drinking water treatment upgrade

Water Management April 2, 2026 at 9:05 am

The Tampa City Council has approved funding for the design of Suspended Ion Exchange (SIX®) technology at its David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility. Lead designer Carollo Engineers said the project will mark a historic milestone in water treatment innovation as the largest SIX® installationRead More

Garney breaks ground on Savannah water treatment capacity upgrade

Garney breaks ground on Savannah water treatment capacity upgrade

Water Management February 4, 2026 at 8:05 am

Garney announced it has broken ground on Phase 1 of the City of Savannah, Georgia’s Infrastructure & Domestic Water Treatment Plant Improvements, a project to boost the facility’s treatment capacity. Garney said the project is a major investment in the city’s long-term water infrastructure and willRead More

Spend a Little, Save a Lot: Why Piloting a PFAS Treatment System Makes Good Financial Sense

Spend a Little, Save a Lot: Why Piloting a PFAS Treatment System Makes Good Financial Sense

Water Management August 21, 2024 at 6:05 am

By Tom Muilenberg As of June 2024, public water treatment plants have five years to comply with legally enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for six common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In addition to this new National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, the U.S. Environmental ProtectionRead More

Special Report: Streamlining Operations with Data

Special Report: Streamlining Operations with Data

Advertorial, Water Management, White Papers May 30, 2024 at 12:05 pm

Are you looking to increase automation at your treatment plant or water district? There’s no doubt the future of water utility and resource management will involve increased automation to bolster strategic decision making. This new eBook from WF&M, sponsored by Aquatic Informatics, takes a lookRead More

How to Ensure Accuracy in Detecting Contaminants

How to Ensure Accuracy in Detecting Contaminants

Water Management October 18, 2023 at 2:43 pm

By Theresa Bellish Worldwide, water utility managers must constantly pivot as external factors affect our water sources. Emerging contaminants like PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) and chemicals coming from illegal dumping and accidental leaks have become more prevalent as climate change causes extreme weather inRead More

Stantec, carbon removal startup partner on advanced water treatment facility

Stantec, carbon removal startup partner on advanced water treatment facility

Water Management May 25, 2023 at 1:16 pm

Stantec has announced it is partnering with the Palmdale Water District (PWD) and carbon removal startup Capture6 to design a first-of-its-kind Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) demonstration facility with novel brine management technology in Palmdale, Calif. The AWT demonstration facility is part of PWD’s Pure WaterRead More

City of Fort Lauderdale enters P3 for advanced water treatment project

City of Fort Lauderdale enters P3 for advanced water treatment project

Private Financing / P3s, Water Management February 21, 2023 at 8:45 am

Ridgewood Infrastructure LLC and IDE Technologies, LTD have announced the closing of a public-private partnership (P3) with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to design, build and operate a new 50 million gallons per day water treatment plant – the Prospect Lake Clean Water Center.Read More

Veolia completes combination with Suez

Veolia completes combination with Suez

Water Management March 28, 2022 at 5:45 am

Veolia North America (VNA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Veolia Group, has announced the integration of its businesses with Suez’s assets in the United States and Canada, following the completion of the combination of the two companies, which was announced earlier this year. Veolia NorthRead More