10 Water News Everybody's Talking About - Overview of MARCH NEWS You Can't Afford to Miss!
Published on by Dusko Balenovic, Previous Network Manager at The Water Network in Academic
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.
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- WHO Launches Health Review After Microplastics Found in 90% of Bottled Water
Researchers find levels of plastic fibres in popular bottled water brands could be twice as high as those found in tap water. 
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- Industry Response to Research Claiming to Have Found Microplastic Particles in Bottled Water
The non-peer reviewed study released by Orb Media is not based on sound science, and there is no scientific consensus on testing methodology or the potential health impacts of microplastic particles. Therefore, this study’s findings do nothing more than unnecessarily scare consumers.
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- Mexican Scientist Patents New Desalination System
A Mexican scientist has requested a patent for a new water desalination system, which has proved to be considerably more effective and sustainable than current techniques.
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- Unmasking the Chemical Forming Carcinogens in Recycled Water
USC researchers identify the molecule responsible for a potent carcinogen found in recycled wastewater.
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- Removing Heavy Metals From Water with MOFs
Researchers now report in ACS Central Science a new material that can remove heavy metals and provide clean drinking water in seconds.
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- Smartphone Sensor Which Detects Dirty Water
Deby Fapyane writes: 'Our new sensor detects the E. coli directly in a water sample. And unlike the traditional method, it can detect a single cell of E. coli in less than one hour'.
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- In Field Tests, Device New MIT Device Harvests Water from Desert Air
MIT-developed system could provide drinking water even in extremely arid locations.
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- Low-Tech, Affordable Solutions to Improve Water Quality
Michigan Tech researchers are developing low-tech, affordable solutions to improve water quality in municipal water tanks, and to remove micropollutants from water using renewable materials.
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- Toilet-to-tap: Gross to Think About, But How Does It Taste?
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently published a study of recycled wastewater that did not focus on its safety-which has long been established-but rather its taste.
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- Mapping Public Water Management by Harmonizing and Sharing Corporate Water Risk Information
World Resources Institute (WRI) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management Sustainability Initiative released a new method to create the first-ever global database of local water management information.
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