Purdue University

Purdue-affiliated startup commercializing low-cost, low-maintenance technology to better provide drinking water to schools in developing countries

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind - A Purdue-affiliated startup has developed a low-cost, low-maintenance slow sand water filter technology to better provide clean and safe drinking water to schools and communities ...
Purdue University

Purdue startup tech helps make clean water available in developing countries

A Purdue-affiliated startup has developed a low-cost, low-maintenance slow sand water filter technology to better provide clean and safe drinking water to schools and communities in developing ...
Nature

Slow Sand Filtration and Biosand Water Treatment Systems

Slow sand filtration remains a cornerstone of sustainable water treatment, harnessing both physical and biological processes to improve water quality. Central to this method is the development of a ...
New Atlas

Slow sand filter cleans 99.9 percent of nanoplastics from drinking water

Today's filtration technologies do a wonderful job of producing potable water, but the spread of plastic waste throughout the environment means there are new threats to contend with. A new study has ...
Auburn Citizen

Auburn celebrates completion of $6.4M project to renovate water filtration plant

AUBURN — A $6.4 million project to renovate the slow sand filter building at the city's water filtration plant hit a wall last summer. At a ceremony Thursday celebrating the completion of the project, ...