New water treatment process removes pollutants most now don’t

New activated carbon reactors will soon replace the filters currently used at the Ternay drinking water plant (Rhône). The objective ? Remove the PFAS in the water. See more

New water treatment process removes pollutants most now don’t

Taking medicine can help us get better when we’re ill. But our bodies won’t absorb all of a drug. The leftovers leave in our urine. Water treatment plants were never designed to remove those drugs. So they just flow through these cleanup plants and into rivers and other sources of drinking water. But a simple low-cost, two-step process could help end that. An added benefit, this treatment also removes plant fertilizers. And that’s a good thing, …