Effective pretreatment, including micro- and ultrafiltration, is vital to remove particulates and protect RO membranes from fouling and chemical damage. Monitoring key parameters such as temperature, ...

A maintenance outage last year at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina helped improve operations at the site’s Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF), DOE said recently. The ...

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management announced the successful completion of major optimizations across the Savannah River Site’s liquid waste treatment system, dramatically ...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the successful completion of major optimizations at the Savannah River Site, significantly enhancing the processing of radioactive waste. These upgrades at the ...

Every load of laundry sends tiny plastic fibers down the drain. These fragments, shed from synthetic fabrics, slip through most wastewater filters and spread through rivers, farmland, and food. But ...

Laundry is an important but often overlooked source of microplastics. Credit: Firn/shutterstocj.com Microplastics are a serious issue, taking thousands of years to break down and being increasingly ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a new filter designed to remove microplastics from washing machine wastewater. The filter, which is patent-pending, was inspired by the gill arch ...

Filtration is essential for healthy modern living and for many industrial processes. In filter design, permeability and selectivity are both desirable and are selected following trade-off analyses.