Cities typically draw water from diverse sources, such as rivers, lakes, or reservoirs. Each source presents unique challenges, ranging from pollution concerns to industrial runoff. Pollution, both ...

While on missions without access to clean water, U. S. Marines face the challenge of procuring and storing enough drinking water to sustain them. Chemical engineers are working toward a realistic ...

The limited freshwater sources and the ease of water pollution necessitate efficient treatment systems. Membranes are commonly employed as filters and quality control materials in water treatment ...

The city of Liberty Hill is moving forward with the construction of its Advanced Water Purification Facility pilot facility after the city council approved a construction contract at its Dec. 10 ...

Jefferson Lab, the Newport News-based Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility known worldwide for its highly scientific research, is now looking to take on solutions to everyday problems, ...

Adsorption is a phenomenon in which molecules or ions from a fluid phase (gas or liquid) are attracted and retained on the surface of a solid phase (adsorbent). Adsorption is different from absorption ...

Assuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of these next-generation methods involves a form of iron called ferrate, which creates ...

A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has evaluated promising large-scale technologies to filter out a class of harmful industrial "forever chemicals" commonly found in the country's drinking water. Known ...

Our precious Earth, once covered in a canopy of green forests and blue oceans, now brims with concrete forests and plastic oceans. Especially, when it comes to plastic, it has seeped into human life ...