Today's filtration technologies do a wonderful job of producing potable water, but the spread of plastic waste throughout the environment means there are new threats to contend with. A new study has ...

Water is something most people take for granted because it’s so easy to turn on the faucet and fill a glass with the cool, pure liquid. But, there are times when access to clean drinking water is not ...

Sediment Filtration: Reduces particles in water including sediment, sand, soil, silt, and rust. With 5 Micron Filtration, this whole house water filter effectively reduce particles smaller than the ...

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Scientists have developed a way to transform ordinary sand -- a mainstay filter material used to purify drinking water throughout the world -- into a "super sand" with five times the filtering ...

The bio-sand filter is revolutionising water purification in rural India offering increased filtration, better water portability and affordability. Urmila Devi lives in Chaitabazaar village, barely ...

Australian researchers say the filtering properties of the sand are considerably enhanced when it is coated with a nanomaterial called graphite oxide (GO). Filtering water using sand is a time-tested ...

Residents of the village of Wakapoa in the lower Pomeroon River in Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) now have access to safe water following the installation of Slow Sand Filters by the Guyana Water ...