The American Water Works Association announces the release of a new publication titled Activated Carbon: Solutions for Improving Water Quality. Activated carbon filtration is a proven treatment method for thousands of water purveyors worldwide that delivers valuable benefits to users, including high-quality water, increased customer confidence, public health protection and regulatory compliance. Focusing on the major components of activated carbon adsorption technologies, adsorption applications and practical system design, the publication also includes 17 detailed case studies of utilities that use activated carbon to improve the quality of their drinking water. It unifies for the first time the what, why and how of this technology. Available at AWWA’s online store.www.awwa.org/store.aspx