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Neglected Drinking Water Networks in ‘Model’ Europe
As severe drought grips the whole of Europe, many countries are using water tankers to make up for lost drinking water supplies. This also shows that Europe was caught unprepared by the weather – and that its drinking water systems have been neglected for decades.
When the Cooling Water and the Power Run Out
Low water on the Danube nearly shut down Hungary's Paks nuclear plant, and the Iberian blackout showed how fragile Europe's grid is.
Europe Is Drying Up
Record-low river levels and a structural water shortage building up for years are hitting the continent from Hungary to Spain.
A Wonder Weapon Is Born in the Fight Against Forever Chemicals
A cheap waste-derived material that can capture up to 90% of PFAS where activated carbon keeps failing.
PFAS Ban Takes Effect in Packaging
From 12 August 2026, PFAS-coated pizza boxes, paper cups and greaseproof papers will disappear from the shelves because of tightening concentration limits – transforming the daily business of the food and packaging industries and, indirectly, the water sector.
The Po on the Brink of Drying Up, the Iberian Peninsula in Flames
While Italy's largest river can supply agriculture with irrigation water for only a few more days, drought since spring and the wildfires in its wake are hitting the whole of southern Europe.
What Festivals Leave Behind in the Water
International research shows what traces large waterside events leave in lakes and rivers.
Filtering Microplastics With Ferrofluid?
Starting from a garage lab, a Virginia teenager has got where membrane technology cannot: a self-recycling magnetic filter against microplastics – the only question is what the small print says…
Water Quality at Europe's Bathing Sites – River Conditions Raise Questions
According to the European Environment Agency's 2025 report, the vast majority of the continent's bathing sites are safe, but river swimming remains the weakest link despite urban successes in Berlin and Budapest.
A Natural Coagulant Against Microplastics – Moringa Seeds May Outperform Chemicals
A promising water treatment innovation: Brazilian and British researchers have deployed a tropical plant, known and used for water treatment since antiquity, to filter out microplastics.