Between them, United Water and Infilco Degremont will invest more than $1.2 million in the Water Environmental Research Centre’s projects, which include two focused on improving drinking water supplies and two dealing with water treatment issues.
 

Bertrand Camus, chief executive officer of United Water’s nationwide water and wastewater operations said: “These investments will help us continue to provide safe and affordable drinking water to our many clients and customers throughout the United States and ensure the best technology is used to protect the environment.’’
 

The Water Environmental Research Centre's initial projects include management techniques to recharge groundwater aquifers without causing naturally occurring contaminants in the rock to migrate into the water; testing of treatment processes to remove pharmaceutical and personal care product contaminants from drinking water; improved wastewater treatment methods to remove certain contaminants from methane gases used for energy production; reducing energy consumption for applications of advanced membrane bioreactor technology in wastewater plants and finding better and less expensive methods to transmit customer water usage data central control.