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Low river levels as an industrial operating risk
Low water affects transport and site water availability in different ways. What industrial water reuse with MBR and RO can achieve, and where its limits lie.
Read article Landfill leachate / PFAS · 07/09/2026Treat landfill leachate at the source
PFAS and other difficult contaminants place different demands on landfill operators and municipal treatment plants. On-site membrane treatment creates controlled material flows when concentrate management is included from the outset.
Read article Micropollutants / PFAS · 02/09/2026PFAS legacy contamination: why treatment must go beyond the filter
PFAS can be separated from water. Technical responsibility, however, extends beyond the filter to pretreatment, residuals and concentrate management.
Read article Landfill leachate · 17/08/2026Landfill leachate needs dedicated treatment, not simple transfer
A current report from New York raises a technical question with international relevance: when does transferring landfill leachate to a municipal plant fall short of dedicated treatment?
Read article Landfill leachate · 10/08/2026Landfill leachate: not whether to treat it, but how
Why landfill leachate is not a standard wastewater task and requires robust treatment concepts.
Read article Water resilience · 10/08/2026Water scarcity, wastewater and resilient treatment concepts
Why water scarcity, industrial reuse and difficult wastewater streams increasingly need to be considered together.
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