By Brooke K. Mayer, PhD, PE A classically titled chapter in Robert Glennon’s book Unquenchable¹ poses the question, “Shall we…
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By Gary Battenberg In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the definition of and a brief history of…
By Zhi ‘George’ Zhou, PhD, PE, BCEE and Kayla Heriaud The Safe Drinking Water Act is a federal law that…
By Brooke K. Mayer, PhD, PE Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse group of chemicals that are widely…
By Rick Andrew Rated capacity is a fundamental aspect of active media water filters that rely on adsorption or absorption…
By Gary Battenberg What is Filtration? By definition, ‘filtration is that process whereby fluid passes through a porous substance to…
By Sam Lodge Every five years, US EPA begins a cycle to update the UCMR, [1] the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring…
By Rick Andrew In September 2021, in this column, I described an initiative of the NSF Joint Committee on Drinking…
By Dennis Abraham Thazhamon As the climate warms, many of Earth’s arid regions will get even drier, while human populations…
By Aaron Peacock, PhD At this writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for over 20 months, resulting in…