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Portfolio-based Tech Investments a Wiser Choice

A rising tide of stark headlines threatening untold health risks from emerging water pollutants has helped buoy interest in a host of new water treatment technologies. The latest report from Lux Research, however, reviews the candidates and concludes a portfolio approach is wiser than trying to pick a single breakthrough winner... more

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News Update

Study: MACRO Model Falls Short for Assessing PPCPs

A group of international scientists evaluated the MACRO model, one of the models used in environmental risk assessments for pesticides that may have potential as an environmental risk assessment tool for pharmaceuticals and personal care products... more

IBM Joins Group Wanting Smart Water Grid

"Demand for innovative water-related information technologies is growing rapidly," said Peter Williams, chief technology officer of IBM Big Green Innovations... more

Pediatricians Recommend Yearly Well Water Tests

Private well water should be tested yearly, and in some cases more often, according to new guidance offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics... more

Stormwater News

WERF Has $500,000 for New Water Quality Research

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) is seeking pre-proposals for its 2009 Unsolicited Research Program... more

Trend Home Rainwater System Uses Goulds Pumps

Last summer, the Metropolitan Builders Association, a not-for-profit trade association in Wisconsin, contracted with Herr Environmental, Inc. of Delafield, Wis., to install an innovative rainwater system in the association's Trend Home in Waukesha... more

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Events Calendar

June 14-18
American Water Works Association's Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE09), San Diego, Calif.

July 26-29
Microconstituents and Industrial Water Quality 2009 Conference, Baltimore, Md.

August 16-22
World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Annual Meeting of the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, Stevenson, Wash.

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