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Researchers identify new toxic byproducts of disinfecting drinking waterResearchers identify new toxic byproducts of disinfecting drinking water

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

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

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

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

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…

8 years ago