PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ are potentially cancer-causing compounds that have become a growing concern in household drinking water. Solutions to decrease exposure range from compulsory municipal-level water purification to under-the-sink private water treatment systems. But are consumers prepared to foot the money for a further purification system to help localities [...]
Effective water quality management can greatly reduce future water scarcity. Global water scarcity, caused by both quantity and quality changes, is a significant barrier to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A multinational team of researchers has created a revolutionary modeling approach that finds cost-effective mixtures of water management tactics, [...]
Waste leakage into aquatic habitats is a major global concern, endangering ecosystems and human health. Inadequate trash disposal and management, particularly for plastic debris, has contaminated nearly every major ocean basin, seashores, streams, lakes, and even distant regions such as the North Atlantic and Antarctic. While prior research has mostly [...]
In advanced nations such as Japan, the aging of outdated wastewater infrastructure is allowing dangerous chemicals to enter local water reservoirs. This problem is becoming more urgent as the framework intended for avoiding such leaks deteriorates over time. Finding the exact location of these leaks, which are sometimes hidden deep [...]
Amidst the ominous specter of ecological collapse and toxic dust storms looming over the Great Salt Lake, Utah state leaders find themselves grappling with unconventional solutions. One particularly attention-grabbing proposal involves the construction of a Pacific Ocean seawater pipeline, envisioned as a remedy to counteract the alarming depletion of the [...]
As the world anticipates the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, leaders are recognizing the essential role of water in the global development agenda. Moving beyond mere political discourse, there is a burgeoning awareness that effective financing is pivotal in transforming ambitious objectives into tangible on-the-ground initiatives. The recent [...]
