MICRO MEDIA FILTRATION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO MEMBRANE FILTRATION?
Surface waters are prone to seasonal and annual changes in the concentration of suspended matter. This is a concern for conventional media filters since breakthroughs of solids will typically occu...
Can you make seawater drinkable?
As you may already know, humans cannot drink seawater as an alternative to freshwater. Seawater is full of salt that typically dehydrates the human body. But what if we could make seawater safer to...
Nitrogen is one of the most abundant elements. About 80 percent of the air we breathe is nitrogen. It is found in the cells of all living things and is a major component of proteins. Inorganic nitr...
If you ever wanted to know how important it is to not only brush your teeth but that the quality of the water you brush your teeth with to be of high quality, consider this quote by Dr. LEE Jong-w...
WHAT IS HYDROLOGY & HOW DOES IT AFFECT MY WATER?
Hydrology...the sound of this word tells you it seems like a serious word, probably not used much in casual conversation. But in the world of water hydrology rings loud and clear. Here's why... Li...
Water Filtration Process in Nature
As mentioned in the previous article, water in nature will go through a water cycle through which it changes forms between vapor, clouds, precipitation, waterbody, water absorbed in soil or plants....
THE TRUTH: HOW SAFE IS AMERICAN WATER?
In the United States and other countries, there are many committed people who are doing a good job to ensure that the water delivered to your home is safe for drinking. These are scientists who ar...
Discover Water Treatment Plants
Water treatment-or is the purification and sanitation of water-varies as to the source and kinds of water. Municipal waters, for example, consist of surface water and groundwater, and their treatme...
HOW DO THEY SET MY WATER PRICES?
Many people often wonder what factors are taken into consideration when your local water utility or bottled water company sets its price for water. After all, anything scarce and in-demand command...
Dissolved Oxygen and Water Quality
A high dissolved oxygen (DO) level in a community water supply is good because it makes drinking water taste better. However, high DO levels speed up corrosion in water pipes. For this reason, indu...
Coliform Bacteria and Water Quality
What are coliforms? Coliforms are bacteria that are always present in the digestive tracts of animals, including humans, and are found in their wastes. They are also found in plant and soil materia...
An EPA report on the status of the nation's lakes, rivers, and estuaries says that while water quality is not getting worse in America, neither is any progress being made. More than one-third of a...
HOW WILL GLOBAL WARMING AFFECT RIVERS AND LAKES?
The latest scientific data confirm that the earth's climate is rapidly changing. Global temperatures increased by about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the course of the last century, and will likely rise...
WHAT IS SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION?
Modern countries have the benefits of having high-quality choices when it comes to disinfecting the public water supply. But what can small communities of the world do when they do not even have a...
WHAT ARE EUROPE'S WATER QUALITY ISSUES?
Clean fresh water is essential to life. Unfortunately, since the Industrial Revolution, most of Europe's rivers have been treated more like a convenient way of transporting waste to the sea, destr...