WILMINGTON -- A new filtration system that could remove 90 percent of GenX and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water used by Wilmington and New Hanover County residents is ...

Every few months Defiance’s new water plant technology requires a filtration material upgrade, and it’s not an inexpensive manner. Earlier this week, Calgon ...

Almost half of all tap water in the U.S. contains the toxic class of chemicals PFAS, with a significant concentration on the East Coast, according to a recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Those water treatment bi-products — said by EPA to be harmful to the health of certain parts of the population — were a major reason for the city’s now virtually completed granulated activated carbon ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s known as granular activated carbon, or GAC. Whether deployed in a water treatment plant or the pitcher in your fridge, this highly adsorbent organic material can easily capture ...