Water Sustainability Blog
News on the world's most precious resource, including the latest in research, trends, and treatment advances
What Is Water Scarcity?
Whether it's from drought or lack of access, more than a billion people around the world don't have enough clean water Acute drought conditions and dwindling natural water resources are focusing more attention on what continues to be a worldwide problem: a lack of access to fresh, potable water....
What Is Energy Recovery?
Processes like incineration and anaerobic digestion not only provide sources of energy, but they also reduce waste volume The term "energy recovery" often is applied only to a narrow number of methods for converting wastes into energy, when in fact it applies to a broad range of technologies used...
Solutions for Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water
Arsenic, a metalloid element, is found in many naturally occurring compounds. In its inorganic form, arsenic is toxic. Arsenic occurs naturally in some groundwater supplies worldwide, including in the drinking water supplies in parts of Taiwan, Japan, Bangladesh, and western South America. This is...
What Is Activated Carbon?
You may have heard of activated carbon, but what is it and how is it used in water and wastewater treatment? Put simply, activated carbon is charcoal that has been treated to increase its adsorptive properties. Centuries ago, the ancient Hindus and Egyptians used carbon for drinking water...
