Access to clean drinking water is often taken for granted in developed nations, where municipal systems use advanced ...

For many people living in developed nations, towns and cities take care of ensuring that residents' water is clean and safe.

In spite of good progress in water hygiene during the recent decades, contaminated water still causes millions of diseases every year. Most of these diseases are caused by enteric viruses, and better ...

A new solar system uses sunlight to clean water quickly and safely, helping communities without access to clean drinking ...

Having safe drinking water is vital for public health, but traditional methods of disinfection cause their own environmental problems. Chlorine is cheap and easy to use in centralized water systems, ...

Solar water disinfection (SODIS) represents a sustainable and low-cost approach to improving water quality in areas with limited infrastructure. By harnessing the synergistic effects of ultraviolet ...

TEXARKANA -- Beginning Wednesday, Texarkana Water Utilities will temporarily change its drinking water disinfection method. For six to eight weeks, TWU will use chlorine only, known as "free chlorine, ...

Scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated how small shocks of electricity may be used to disinfect water. If the technology they developed was integrated into centralized water ...

The temporary change is part of an annual effort to ensure safe drinking water through "proactive" action. West Palm Beach's Public Utilities Department will switch from its current chloramine ...

This extra reactive oxygen atom splits apart during breakdown, releasing energy and creating oxygen and water molecules. Because of this special chemical characteristic, hydrogen peroxide has strong ...

(Nanowerk News) Having safe drinking water is vital for public health, but traditional methods of disinfection cause their own environmental problems. Chlorine is cheap and easy to use in centralized ...