Solar Powered Desalination Device Could Solve Drinking Water Crisis

Medicine & Technology Feb 15, 2022

Engineers from MIT have designed an efficinet desalination device that could solve the drinking water crisis for only $4.

Chemical Compounds Found in Drinking Water Known To Cause Cancer, Heart Disease, Other Conditions Could Be Removed Using New Technology

Jan 14, 2022

Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have recently developed a new technology that will eliminate hazardous pollutants found in drinking water.

Cow Manure Turned Into Filter to Make Drinking Water from Seawater

Oct 22, 2021

Scientists at Northeastern University have turned cow manure into a filter that separates salt in seawater to make it into drinking water. They hope this technology can address the global water scarcity.

Scientists Found Nearly 42,000 Toxic 'Forever' Chemicals That Could Contaminate Drinking Water

Oct 14, 2021

Scientists have found almost 42,000 sources of toxic "forever chemicals" that could pollute the drinking water in

Time Magazine's First 'Kid of the Year' Is a 15-Year-Old Inventor From Colorado

Dec 04, 2020

Gitanjali Rao, the 15-year-old scientist and inventor from Denver, Colorado, is named the first 'Kid of the Year' of Time magazine for her inventions across a range of fields.

NOAA Grants Ohio Researchers $1.1M To Develop Global Solution for Filtering Freshwater

Oct 07, 2020

In 2014, a three-day water crisis hit Ohio, after high microcystin levels were discovered in Lake Erie. Researchers from the University of Toledo have now developed a biofilter that can breakdown microcystin and, in turn, received a grant from the NOAA to expand the research to a global scale.

A Legacy of Mismanagement Led Americans To Mistrust Their Tap Water

Sep 22, 2020

About 96% of residents in Martin County, Kentucky relies on bottled water and only 56% uses tap water for cooking, a result of years of mismanagement.

Natural Lithium in Drinking Water Linked to Lower Suicide Rates

Jul 28, 2020

A new study reinforces previous works correlating the presence of natural lithium in public drinking water toward lower suicide rates. The research appeared in the British Journal of Psychiatry dated Monday, July 27.

Goodbye Contaminated Water, Hello Bacteria-Driven Solar Power Purifier

Jul 16, 2020

Drinking from contaminated water sources is a big problem across counties around the world. A group of Chinese researchers has now come up with a new system to purify drinking water using solar power and specific bacteria.

“Forever” Chemicals in Drinking Water Found to Cause Early Menopause, Cancers and Other Health Issues: Study

Jun 03, 2020

A study reveals that around 110 million Americans are exposed to PFAS chemicals, which could be found in drinking water and can cause premature menopause in women. These chemicals are also known as "forever" chemicals since they do not break down in the body and accumulate over some time. In turn, this could cause negative effects on one's health.

Plans of distributing reused drinking water to rural areas

Jan 06, 2020

As safe drinking water are becoming more and more difficult to get, scientists are proposing reused drinking water to be distributed to rural areas.

Kenya Installs a Power Plant that Makes Ocean Water into Drinking Water

Dec 03, 2019

NGO GivePower has built their first solar-powered plant in Kenay, turning salwater into sustainable drinking water.

The Reason Why LA Reservoir is Covered in Black Plastic Balls

May 15, 2019

They were originally thought to minimize evaporation.

Reseachers Developed A New Way To Recover 100 Percent Clean Water From Waste Brine

May 30, 2017

A new way to recover almost 100 percent of the water from highly concentrated salt solutions has now been developed by researchers. The system will alleviate water shortages in arid regions and reduce concerns surrounding high salinity brine disposal, such as hydraulic fracturing waste

Membranes Remove Viruses From Drinking Water: A Promising Breakthrough To Avail Clean Water Resources

Apr 20, 2017

A recent research study develops a modified membrane that can easily detect and filter the waterborne viruses to produce safe drinking water.