Mehran University claims to have invented a "breakthrough water purification machine" that makes rain and flood water drinkable as per the standards of World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Rasool ...

Water filter machines may generate electricity in the future thanks to a new invention by researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. The research team created a cutting-edge ...

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MANILA, Philippines — To avoid outbreaks of waterborne diseases in communities affected by the flooding in Mindanao, President Marcos ordered government agencies yesterday to ensure a continued supply ...

Water purification systems installed in two ice machines in a Boston hospital were supposed to make the water taste and smell better for patients on a surgery floor—but it ended up killing three of ...

Permutit (aka zeolite) is hydrated sodium alumino silicate used to soften water. The Permutit Company, then located in Paramus, N.J., gave this water purification machine to the Smithsonian in 1963.