The Office is closed, as we are loaded up and ready for our 47th Annual Techni

Pre - Registration Is Closed for the New York Rural Water Association’s 47th Annual Technical Training Workshop & Exhibition, in Verona, NY.  You Can Register On-Site for the Walk - In Fee. We hope to see you there! May 18 - 20, 2026!

The deadline for pre-registration is fast approaching, get those registration forms in by Monday, April 27, 2026.

For information about our Annual Workshop please reference Annual Conference.

All hotel reservations are to be made through The Turning Stone Resort. Hotel registration can be done by calling the Turning Stone Resort at 1-800-771-7711. 

Story by Katrin Schwarz

Industrial process and wastewater pose a major challenge when it comes to environmental protection. Fraunhofer researchers in Dresden have now succeeded in developing compact and energy-efficient systems that use photocatalytic oxidation to efficiently break down impurities. At the heart of these systems are foam ceramics with multifunctional coatings.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR 2026 IS OCTOBER 1, 2026

For more details please check out the link: https://nyruralwater.org/technical-assistance/apprenticeship

The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board has announced that as of July 31, the Canadian Drought Monitor shows the Lake Ontario and upper St. Lawrence River regions are experiencing a moderate drought and the lower St. Lawrence River is experiencing abnormally dry conditions.

For the period of August 6 through 12, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows moderate drought conditions in western Lake Ontario and abnormally dry conditions throughout the central and eastern portions of Lake Ontario through the upper St. Lawrence River.

By Amanda Morris

Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too.

In a new study, Northwestern University researchers demonstrated that brewing tea naturally adsorbs heavy metals like lead and cadmium, effectively filtering dangerous contaminants out of drinks. Heavy metal ions stick to, or adsorb to, the surface of the tea leaves, where they stay trapped.