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Researchers identify new toxic byproducts of disinfecting drinking water

Image: When phenols, compounds that are commonly found in drinking water, mix with chlorine, hundreds of unknown, potentially toxic byproducts…

5 years ago

Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment: U.N.

FILE PHOTO: Workers walk outside a desalination plant, south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 2011. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed OSLO (Reuters) -…

5 years ago

Green water-purification system works without heavy metals or corrosive chemicals

This photo shows a concentrator where samples were placed. Credit: Dan Wang Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE)…

6 years ago

Water wars redux: Could Tampa-backed bills doom Tampa Bay Water?

Photo: Water flows into the Tampa Bay Water desalinization plant off of Big Bend Road in Apollo Beach. Tampa Bay…

7 years ago

Meet the teenager who solved his First Nation’s drinking water problems

A 19-year-old from North Spirit Lake First Nation is the key to solving a boil water advisory in place in…

7 years ago