Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Nuclear reactor and water desalination project moves forward in Texas
The Texas Legislature positions Texas as a national and global leader in next-generation nuclear technology, water security and medical research. Through a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding announced in January, Texas Tech University, Abilene Christian University (ACU), Natura Resources and the Texas Produced Water Consortium (TxPWC) are advancing molten salt reactor (MSR) technology to address Texas’ most pressing water and energy challenges. A […]
Studying ways to manage PFAS in land-applied biosolids
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been manufactured and used in a variety of products and applications in the U.S. since the 1940s, such as commercial household products, firefighting agents and food packaging. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), PFAS are very persistent in the environment and in the human body – meaning they don't […]
Researchers develop better method to remove toxic dyes from wastewater
Using specially created nanofiber webs allows sunlight to decay the dyes safely, inexpensively and easily.