Jacobs Awarded PFAS Treatment Testing Support Services Contract with the Orange County Water District
Jacobs is collaborating with the OCWD on the largest pilot program in the U.S. to identify a local treatment remedy for removing PFAS from groundwater DALLAS - Jacobs (NYSE:J) has been selected by the Orange County Water District (OCWD) to provide treatment testing support services for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a family of oil and water-resistant chemicals found in numerous everyday consumer products and airport firefighting foams that have infiltrated grou...
DuPont Water Solutions Launches Breakthrough Dry-Tested Seawater Reverse Osmosis Elements
With continuous advances in science and innovation, DuPont becomes only supplier in market to offer dry-tested SWRO membranes WILMINGTON, Del. – DuPont Water Solutions, a business unit of DuPont Safety & Construction, will now offer dry-tested seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) elements to the industry. Newly launched next-generation SWRO technology enables customers to transition from wet to dry testing, which increases shelf life and offers more flexibility for storage. In addition, dry SWRO...
DuPont Closes Four Clean Water Technology Acquisitions
WILMINGTON, Del. – DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced it has completed the 2019 acquisitions of Desalitech, inge GmbH, Memcor®, and OxyMem Limited; adding to its leading portfolio of water purification and separation technologies, including ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis and ion exchange resins. These four recent acquisitions support DuPont’s goal to increase access to the products and technologies needed to meet global customers’ current and future challenges, including the increased need...
Scottsdale Firm Saves Millions of Gallons of Water, Setting New Treatment Standard at LA City Hall East
After 18 months of operation at LA City Hall East, a treatment system installed by Dynamic Water Technologies showed more than a 90 percent savings in chemical costs, and a water-use reduction from 5.95 million gallons a year to 4.78 million, a savings of 1.17 million gallons - or 20 percent less water. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 6, 2020 - A pilot program to evaluate better methods to save water in drought-stricken California demonstrates that governments and businesses can save millions of gall...
DuPont Exercises Option to Acquire OxyMem
WILMINGTON, Del. – DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced it has exercised its option to acquire full ownership of OxyMem Limited, a company that develops and produces Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR) technology for the treatment and purification of municipal and industrial wastewater. OxyMem has more than 60 employees and one production site located in Athlone, Ireland. The transaction will close before Dec. 31, 2019. OxyMem was founded in 2013, based on a technology spin-out from the Univ...
Highlighting the Importance and Vulnerability of the World’s Water Towers
Mountains and highlands are often referred to as natural “water towers” because they provide lowland communities with essential freshwater for drinking, irrigation, industry, food, and energy production. A new Nature study provides insight into this valuable resource, which is crucial to the welfare of 1.9 billion people. The combination of high mountain snow peaks and glaciers along with the natural biodiversity of these regions make them an irreplaceable part of the global water cycle. A te...
Clark Regional Wastewater District and FLO Analytics Leverage Flowfinity to Achieve GIS-Centric Digital Transformation Project
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Flowfinity Wireless Inc. today published a case study outlining how Clark Regional Wastewater District integrated Flowfinity field data collection apps and Esri ArcGIS mapping software to achieve a digital transformation project with a forecasted ROI of 160%. Clark Regional Wastewater District (the District), one of the largest sewer service providers in Washington state, collaborated with consultants from FLO Analy...
Contech Releases New Design Your Own Hydrodynamic Separator
West Chester, OH – Contech® Engineered Solutions recently launched a new online tool for designing hydrodynamic separators. The Design Your Own Hydrodynamic Separator (DYOHDS®) tool helps to automate the design process for hydrodynamic separators, providing calculations, drawings and specifications that engineers can use in creating project plans. The free tool is available at www.conteches.com/dyohds. The DYOHDS tool allows users to enter site-specific information that is used to ensure the...
GRCC to start training program for municipal water system maintenance with JPMorgan Chase grant
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Community College will start a training program focused on jobs related to water, public works, clean energy and river restoration projects with a $150,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase. GRCC is teaming up with the cities of Grand Rapids and Kentwood, the nonprofit Grand Rapids Whitewater, the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority’s Whitewater Project team on the West Michigan Clean Water and Environmental Certifica...
Water Systems Council Introduces Infrastructure Planning Resource for Rural Communities
WASHINGTON – The Water Systems Council (WSC), the only national nonprofit organization solely focused on household wells and water well systems, has launched a comprehensive online guide to financial and planning resources for rural community drinking water infrastructure projects – waterprojectfunds.com. The new website follows the recent WSC-championed Water Supply Cost Savings Act, which requires that alternative drinking water supplies such as individual, shared and community wells be con...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
