MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL Understanding PFAS and the New Threats to Water PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are a family of several thousand synthetic compounds. They are nicknamed “forever chemicals” because the carbon-fluorine bond that characterises them is ex... Jul 7, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL Legionellosis: Causes, Symptoms and Prevention Legionellosis is a serious lung infection caused by bacteria of the genus Legionella . It is contracted by inhaling fine droplets of contaminated water suspended in the air — not by drinking the water... Jun 23, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL What Is Microbiological Contamination? A Complete Guide Microbiological contamination is when unwanted micro-organisms — bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites — end up in water, food or an environment where they have no business being. It is the most immed... Jun 9, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL How Often Should You Replace Your Water Filters? A filter retains contaminants. It does not destroy them: it accumulates them. Past a certain point it stops protecting, increases the pressure drop, and can release what it had captured. The usual int... May 19, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL How Water Filtration Reduces Plastic Waste Enormous quantities of single-use plastic bottles are thrown away every day. Only a fraction is recycled; the rest ends up in landfill or in the environment, where the plastic slowly fragments into ev... May 5, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL Microplastics in Drinking Water: Risks and How to Remove Them Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than five millimetres. They come from the fragmentation of plastic waste, from tyre and synthetic textile wear, or are manufactured at that size directly fo... Apr 21, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL Advanced Water Treatment: What It Means for Health Conventional treatment — coagulation, filtration, disinfection — was designed to remove particles and micro-organisms. It does that job very well. It was not, however, conceived to retain dissolved mo... Apr 7, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL The Future of Water Purification Technology Demand for water is rising while the resource grows scarcer and more degraded. Purification technologies therefore have to advance on three fronts at once: treat more, treat better, and use less energ... Mar 24, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL The Evolution of Water Treatment Technology Treating water is nothing new. Long before micro-organisms were known to exist, ancient civilisations were already boiling, settling and filtering water through sand or charcoal, simply observing that... Mar 10, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL How Water Treatment Systems Work A treatment system turns raw water — from a borehole, a river or a mains network — into water suited to a specific use. The chain varies with the source and the objective, but the logic stays the same... Feb 25, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL A Beginner's Guide to Drinking Water Standards Drinking water quality standards set out what water intended for human consumption may contain, and in what quantity. They draw largely on the World Health Organization's recommendations, which each c... Feb 11, 2026
MONDE DE L'EAU INTERNATIONAL Is Tap Water Really Safe to Drink? Water distributed by a public network is monitored and treated before it enters distribution. In most cases it leaves the plant compliant with health requirements. The useful question is therefore not... Jan 29, 2026
