10 Water News Everybody's Talking About - February Overview of News You Can't Afford to Miss!

For all busy ​​water experts, ​​who have tight ​​schedule ​​but need to ​​stay up-to-date ​​with the ​latest ​events ​and ​updates ​from ​the ​industry - ​​here is a list ​​to keep you ​​going!  ​ ​

An overview ​of ​the most ​​important news ​​from water ​​sector. ​

ENJOY AND ​DON'T ​FORGET TO ​COMMENT! ​

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• New Water Contamination Sensor Could Be Revolutionary

An almost ​certainly ​revolutionary ​technology has ​emerged from UW-​Milwaukee’​s Water ​Technology ​Accelerator, in ​what might be ​seen as a ​product of ​serendipity or ​inspired ​intellectual ​curiosity. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2Fmp8Lw

• Scientists found an alternative to water chlorination

Researchers ​of Peter the ​Great St. ​Petersburg ​Polytechnic ​University (​SPbPU) have ​developed a ​unique device ​for complex ​water ​purification ​that can ​improve or, in ​some cases, ​replace ​disinfection ​with chlorine. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2HCle24

• New, Low-Cost Tool for Detecting Bacteria in Food and Water

Food ​scientist Lili ​He and ​colleagues at ​the University ​of Massachusetts ​Amherst report ​that they have ​developed a new,​ rapid and low-​cost method for ​detecting ​bacteria in ​water or a food ​sample. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2E6DcrS

• Tiny Membrane Makes Sydney Harbour "Drinkable"

Using their ​own specially ​designed form ​of graphene, ​'Graphair'​, CSIRO ​scientists have ​supercharged ​water ​purification, ​making it ​simpler, more ​effective and ​quicker. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2Fmcg8q

• Wastewater Treatment Plants Could Generate Electricity

Researchers ​of Kaunas ​University of ​Technology (KTU)​, Lithuania are ​working on ​improving the ​efficiency of ​microbial fuel ​cells (MFC) by ​using modified ​graphite felt. ​Primary results ​show that the ​new MFC can ​generate 20 ​percent higher ​voltage than ​usual cells. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2G6PFvJ

• The Largest Desalination Plant for Industrial Use in the Mediterranean, in Sardinia (Italy)

ACCIONA Agua ​has completed ​construction of ​a desalination ​plant that will ​provide high-​quality ​demineralised ​water to the ​Sarlux refinery ​(part of the ​Italian energy ​group Saras Spa)​, located in ​Sarroch, near ​Cagliari, in ​Sardinia (Italy)​.

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2Dstqzk

• Using Satellite Imagery to Assess Impacts of Soil and Water Conservation Measures

Combining data ​on the timing ​and intensity ​of soil and ​water ​conservation ​interventions ​in select ​Ethiopian ​watersheds from ​2009 to 2016 ​with a pixel-​level panel of ​vegetative ​cover and soil ​moisture data ​derived from ​satellite ​imagery makes ​it possible to ​assess the ​biophysical ​impacts of such ​measures using ​a difference-in-​differences ​specification. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2sj16yv

• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Desalination: A Guide to Impacts, Monitoring, and Management

A ​major ​operational ​challenge ​facing the ​industry is ​also expanding ​globally –​ the phenomena ​termed harmful ​algal blooms or ​HABs. ​Read and download full report.

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2G71YIm

• Flood Disaster Prevention: Lessons From Tokyo

One of ​the few regions ​in the world ​that has taken ​significant ​steps to ​address the ​risk of ​flooding is the ​Tokyo ​Metropolitan ​Area. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2DAfFig

• Simple, Easy-to-use Method to Break Down Pollutants in Water

Chemists from ​Martin Luther ​University ​Halle-​Wittenberg (MLU)​ have found out ​how stubborn ​pollutants in ​water can be ​disintegrated ​easily and cost-​effectively. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2G2K61f

+ SPECIAL MENTION: How Most ​Bottled-water ​Advertising ​Campaigns ​Target a Deep ​Psychological ​Vulnerability

A fear of dying plays a role ​in people ​buying bottled ​water, even ​though they ​know it may not ​be good for ​them or the ​planet, a study ​from the ​University of ​Waterloo has ​found. ​

Read full article: http://bit.ly/2EHeD5d

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