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SUEZ to deliver quaternary treatment stage at Kalundborg wastewater plant
October 19, 2026 | By Mary Bailey SUEZ S.A. (Paris, France) has been selected by Kalundborg…
#Denmark #Danmark #DK #Europe #Europa #EU #denmark #wastewatertreatment #watertreatment
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/188121/ SUEZ to deliver quaternary treatment stage at Kalundborg wastewater plant #Danmark #Denmark #WastewaterTreatment #WaterTreatment
https://www.europesays.com/3320248/ SUEZ to deliver quaternary treatment stage at Kalundborg wastewater plant #Danmark #denmark #WastewaterTreatment #WaterTreatment
💧 Could tiny hybrid capsules offer a new approach to pollutant capture and molecular encapsulation?
🔗 Lipid–Metal-Organic Framework Colloidosomes for Multimodal Encapsulation and Pollutant Capture. https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0235
📚 CSBJ Nanoscience and Advanced Materials: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj/nam
#Nanotechnology #SustainableScience #MaterialsChemistry #MaterialsScience #MetalOrganicFrameworks #MOFs #WaterTreatment #EnvironmentalRemediation
🧪 Differential material balance of cascade EFC: from flowsheet to FEED
💻 Thermodynamic modeling of eutectic freeze crystallization for hypersaline mine waters (Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Basin, n = 40 samples, PHREEQC + FREZCHEM):
🔹 Mirabilite (Na₂SO₄·10H₂O): Depletes before −20.0 °C as free SO₄²⁻ is exhausted; residual trace sulfates are bound by gypsum.
🔹 Purity buffer (−20.0 … −22.5 °C): Zero salt yield almoust (0.00 g). Pure ice generation prevents cross-contamination during crystallization swings.
🔹 Hydrohalite (NaCl·2H₂O): Surges below −22.5 °C with peak yields of 15–17 g/step across the entire ensemble.
🔹 Trace minerals: Sub-gram gypsum & ikaite (CaCO₃·6H₂O) stay ≤0.16 g/step.
🔹 Refrigeration design: Differential ice profile yields exact thermal loads for crystallizer sizing.
☝️ Transitions EFC scoping directly into Front-End Engineering Design (FEED).
#Geochemistry #WaterTreatment #Mining #EFC #PHREEQC #ProcessEngineering #FREZCHEM #IndustrialWastewater #KryvyiRih #DataScience #SvystunovaGully
Jersey City Drank It First
The water in my glass this morning fell as rain over Morris County, some twenty-three miles west of my kitchen. It pooled behind a dam on the Rockaway River and came down to Jersey City by gravity, the way it has since 1904. It carries a trace of chlorine, as almost every American city's water does now. Mine got there first, on September 26, 1908. The chlorine arrived in the middle of a lawsuit, dosed toward two hundred thousand people without a public hearing, a statute, or a permission slip of any kind. The fight that followed is the closest thing this country has to a founding trial over what a government may add to everyone's glass. The question that trial settled is back. […]https://bolesblogs.com/2026/10/11/jersey-city-drank-it-first/
Filtering out PFAS is no longer enough. What happens to the contaminated waste?
Destruction technologies use heat, electricity or UV light to break down the chemicals. Some already operate commercially; others are moving towards permanent installations.
Can they reliably destroy PFAS without harmful byproducts at an affordable cost?
https://www.movetheneedle.news/brands/pfas-destruction-moves-water-treatment-beyond-capture/
#PFAS #watertreatment #contamination #environment #technology #innovation #science #waste #sustainability
⚙️ My latest preprint presents a thermodynamic rationale for a two-stage cascade Eutectic Freeze Crystallization (EFC) process, developed for the treatment and resource recovery of hypersaline mine water from the Svystunova Gully impoundment (published in Ukrainian).
☝️ Key highlights:
🔹 Selective phase separation: Conducting the process in two stages with inter-stage solids separation at -20.0°C provides a 2.5°C operating buffer before chloride salts begin to precipitate, ensuring clean separation of sulfate and chloride fractions.
🔹 High water recovery: The total yield of desalinated water (as pure ice) reaches 964.07 g per 1 kg of initial H2O (96.4% recovery rate).
🔹 Effluent minimization: The initial wastewater volume is reduced 62-fold, concentrating the residual components into a compact, heavy bittern.
🔗 Full preprint: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22821616
#MineWater #WaterTreatment #Geochemistry #Thermodynamics #PHREEQC #EFC #Mining #CriticalRawMaterials #CircularEconomy #SvystunovaGully #KryvyiRihBasin #FREZCHEM
💧 Smarter Water Management with SCADA
Manual water checks can miss overflow, low-level conditions, or pump issues. A real-time monitoring solution connects sensors and SCADA to provide level monitoring, alarms, pump status, historical trends, and remote supervision.
🔹 Tank Level Monitoring:
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🔹 Water Environment Monitoring:
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#ATSCADA #WaterMonitoring #IndustrialAutomation #WaterTreatment #IndustrialIoT
BioLargo Canada and Tu Nipi Form Indigenous-Led Partnership to Treat Oil Sands Process Water and More
Partnership backed by a conditional grant commitment from Emissions Reduction Alberta to in support of $4.6 CAD million…
#Canada #BioLargo #FortMcKayOilServices #GovernmentofAlberta #Inc #Nipi #oilsands #OSPW #TuNipi #watersolutions #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/canada/203605/
https://www.europesays.com/africa/417075/ VVater Accelerates Global Expansion with Strategic Entry into Southern Africa #Africa #LicensingAgreement #NextWaterCompany #ReuseWater #SADCCountries #SouthAfrica #SouthernAfrica #WaterScarcity #WaterTreatment
Japanese students began testing a natural system on a school pond plagued by algae; the experiment eliminated the outbreaks and later expanded to 8 sites |
BIO-ENGINE introduced in the pond. Image Credit: Hatena Blog Japanese students at Nakui Agricultural High School in Aomori…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Algae #algaeoutbreakselimination #Aomoriprefecture #Bio-Engine #Japanese #Japanesestudentswaterpurification #TeamFloraPhotonics #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/japan/88159/
How a South African town cleaned up its polluted river using stones, wood and sand
#142holdheap #environment #climate #WaterTreatment #pollution
Steady Progress for Long-Term Development | Shouxin Recognized as Brand with Stable Quality
#polyacrylamide #watertreatment #Shouxin
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UK turns 72,000 lab bottles into recyclable plastic with new tech
Scotland’s public water utility has recently become the first in the world to adopt a new technology that…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #CarbonEmissions #Circulareconomy #Envetec #LaboratoryWaste #plasticwaste #recycling #Science #ScottishWater #sustainability #UK #wastemanagement #watertreatment
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/863649/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/649450/ UK turns 72,000 lab bottles into recyclable plastic with new tech #CarbonEmissions #CircularEconomy #Éire #Envetec #Environment #IE #Ireland #LaboratoryWaste #PlasticWaste #Recycling #Science #ScottishWater #Sustainability #UK #WasteManagement #WaterTreatment
Tiny bubbles, big impact?
Nanobubbles (~100 nm) can remain suspended in water and enhance gas transfer at the gas–liquid interface. Their unusual properties are being explored to control harmful algal blooms and improve water treatment.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-06-nanobubbles-algae-cleanup-qa-wen.html
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Shouxin Participates in the 2026 National Standard Formulation and Revision Pre-review Meeting & Proposal Meeting
#polyacrylamide #watertreatment #Shouxin
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Shouxin Recognized as "Premium Brand", Jointly Advancing Green Upgrade of Non-Ferrous Metals Industry
#polyacrylamide #mining #watertreatment #Shouxin #ShanghaiMetalsMarket
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Fluidra Delivers a Strong First Half of 2026 and Maintains Positive Momentum in a Dynamic Environment
Sales increased by 5% at constant FX to €1,258 million, driven by Fluidra’s customer focus and consistent execution…
#Environment #connectedsolutions #consistentexecution #Fluidra #FX #salesgrowth #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/3162684/
Fuji Keizai sees Japan water market up 40.5% by 2040
KEY POINTSFuji Keizai forecasts Japan’s water-resource business market reaches 554.4 billion yen by 2040, up 40.5% from 2025RO…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #FujiKeizai #Japanese #leakdetection #NFmembrane #ROmembrane #semiconductor #waterinfrastructure #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/japan/60239/
Sizing, Storing, and Treating Emergency Water for the 72-Hour Plan
The household’s 25-gallon fixed potable supply covers three adults, a dog, and a cat for 72 hours. The operational system is now expanding toward a rounded 90-gallon, 14-day target.https://fallbackengineering.com/2026/07/15/72-hour-emergency-water-storage-treatment/
Ammonia from wastewater: How we’re turning a pollutant into fertilizer and clean fuel
#Environment #Science #Tech #CleanEnergy #Ammonia #RenewableEnergy #Wastewater #WaterTreatment #Fertilizer #Pollution #Nitrate #Sustainability #GreenTech #Agriculture
https://the-14.com/ammonia-from-wastewater-how-were-turning-a-pollutant-into-fertilizer-and-clean-fuel/
‘Heat highway’ could meet 85% of Manchester’s home heating needs
A new study conducted by EnergiRaven, supported by Viegand Maagøe, usi…
#Manchester #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Data #datacentres #EnergiRaven #excessheat #GreatBritain #GreaterManchester #heathighway #heatnetworks #Heating #Housing #industrialheat #NewStudy #OrdnanceSurvey #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #powergeneration #ViegandMaagøe #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1057005/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1057005/ ‘Heat highway’ could meet 85% of Manchester’s home heating needs #Britain #Data #DataCentres #EnergiRaven #England #ExcessHeat #GreatBritain #GreaterManchester #HeatHighway #HeatNetworks #Heating #Housing #IndustrialHeat #Manchester #NewStudy #OrdnanceSurvey #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #PowerGeneration #UK #UnitedKingdom #ViegandMaagøe #WaterTreatment
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Once it passes through water treatment plants, it simply settles out into the sludge as an inert, mineral component that doesn't harm soil or wildlife.
It is a beautiful example of engineering matching natural mechanics to solve a massive industrial pollution problem.
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Pomegranate Rinds — Now for Water Woes
NUS scientists turn pomegranate waste into a nano-material that cleans over 94% of toxic 4-nitrophenol from water. Learn how it works and future plans.
#WaterTreatment, #PomegranatePeel, #NUS, #PollutionControl, #GreenTech
https://newsletter.tf/pomegranate-peel-water-cleaning-singapore-nus/
Scientists in Singapore have found a way to clean water using pomegranate peels. This new method can remove over 94% of a toxic chemical from water, which is a big improvement.
#WaterTreatment, #PomegranatePeel, #NUS, #PollutionControl, #GreenTech
https://newsletter.tf/pomegranate-peel-water-cleaning-singapore-nus/
#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
💧 Activated carbon is failing to stop ultra-short-chain PFAS from entering our water.
In the newest episode of Innovate and React, I chat with Dr. Rhea Machado about Porelio’s breakthrough solution: engineered meso-porous silica. By creating a nanoscale "chemical Autobahn" with targeted functional groups, they can selectively trap these stubborn forever chemicals.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://innovateandreact.com/stopping-pfas-at-the-source-innovating-industrial-wastewater-treatment/
#Chemistry #PFAS #WaterTreatment #GreenChemistry #SciencePodcast
Engineered Algae Shows Potential to Remove Microplastics and Clean Wastewater
📰 Original title: Scientists say this algae could remove microplastics from drinking water
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️
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Engineered Algae Shows Potential to Remove Microplastics and Clean Wastewater
📰 Original title: Scientists say this algae could remove microplastics from drinking water
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️
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Birchtech revolutionizes water treatment with innovative solutions, strategic partnerships, and cutting-edge testing technologies targeting harmful 'forever chemicals' #WaterTreatment #CleanTech
Dangerous Free-Living Amoebae Emerging as Global Health Threat: Climate Change, Ageing Water Systems Raise Alarm https://www.byteseu.com/2006873/ #AgeingWaterSystems #AmoebaInfections #AntibioticResistance #BrainEatingAmoeba #Climate #ClimateChange #DrinkingWaterSafety #EmergingPathogens #FreeLivingAmoebae #GlobalHealthThreat #GlobalWarming #NaegleriaFowleri #OneHealth #RecreationalWater #TrojanHorseEffect #WaterTreatment #WaterbornePathogens
https://www.europesays.com/dk/77985/ Tallinna Vesi´s first-quarter sales amounted to €17.99 million #AleksandrTimofejev #Estonia #FirstQuarter #Tallinn #TallinnaVesi #TreatmentProcesses #WastewaterTreatmentPlants #WaterDistributionNetwork #WaterServices #WaterTreatment
Moringa Seeds Show Promise in Microplastic Filtration
Moringa seeds can filter up to 98% of microplastics from water, offering a natural alternative to chemical treatments. Research is ongoing for real-world use.
#MoringaSeeds, #MicroplasticFilter, #CleanWater, #NaturalSolution, #WaterTreatment
https://newsletter.tf/moringa-seeds-filter-microplastics-water/
New research shows moringa seeds can remove up to 98% of microplastics from water, which is a very high amount. This is a natural way to clean water.
#MoringaSeeds, #MicroplasticFilter, #CleanWater, #NaturalSolution, #WaterTreatment
https://newsletter.tf/moringa-seeds-filter-microplastics-water/
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#EarthDay #WorldEarthDay #ProtectOurPlanet #watertreatment
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512 Pixels: xAI’s Memphis Water Treatment Plant ‘on an Indefinite Pause’. “Part of xAI’s deal with the city of Memphis included an $80 million greywater facility designed to reduce the amount of water the company needs for cooling its data centers. The Mid-South sits atop the Memphis Sand Aquifer that provides us with some of the very best water in the country. It is our best natural […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/13/512-pixels-xais-memphis-water-treatment-plant-on-an-indefinite-pause/
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Houston’s Rice WaTER Institute and Israel’s IDE Technologies Collaborate to Advance Water Treatment Solutions
HOUSTON & KADIMA, Israel, March 24, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IDE Technologies, a world leader in desalination and advanced water treatment…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel #IDETechnologies #resourcerecovery #RiceUniversity #WaTERInstitute #watertreatment
https://www.europesays.com/iran/34147/
McMaster University: Full circle: Researchers turn food waste into energy, use the process water to grow food . “Researchers from the faculties of Engineering and Science are teaming up to convert agricultural food waste into energy-dense solid fuel, then use the water left over from the process as an eco-friendly pesticide and fertilizer.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/23/full-circle-researchers-turn-food-waste-into-energy-use-the-process-water-to-grow-food-mcmaster-university/
This is exciting news. I hope we can take this new tech and put it into mass usage around the world. A new device that can efficiently filter out PFAS "forever chemicals"
How #NatureBased Solutions Can Help Tackle #AntimicrobialResistance
by Paula Pérez González-Anguiano Europe Mar 17th 20254 mins
"In many European countries, antimicrobial resistance genes are present in #wastewater treatment plants, particularly in water coming from hospitals. In most cases, these plants are not designed to eliminate these genes, allowing them to pollute rivers and eventually reach homes. Antibiotics and resistance genes used to fertilize fields also make their way into aquatic ecosystems via livestock manure.
"A global survey published in Nature in 2024 revealed that drug-resistant infections killed more individuals than Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or malaria. It is estimated that by 2050, antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) – which occurs when bacteria and fungi evolve to withstand the drugs meant to eliminate them, allowing infections to persist and become difficult or even impossible to treat – could cause up to 10 million deaths. This is comparable to the number of deaths caused by cancer in 2020.
"Nature-based solutions are strategies that involve working with nature to address societal challenges, providing benefits for both human well-being and biodiversity. Examples include reforestation to absorb carbon and prevent erosion, wetland restoration for water filtration and flood control, green roofs to cool cities and reduce pollution, mangrove protection to protect coasts, and agroforestry to enhance soil health and crop yields. These solutions improve biodiversity, water quality, and disaster risk while also boosting human well-being through cleaner air and greener spaces.
"Wastewater from urban treatment plants contains #biofilm – mainly bacteria and microalgae – as well as planktonic communities that absorb antibiotic-resistance genes and mobile genetic elements. Biofilm naturally forms on stones in the water and helps purify it by breaking down these contaminants.
"Inspired by this natural process, researchers from BETA Technological Centre in Catalonia, Spain, have developed a lab-based pilot-scale system as a nature-based solution. In the plant, wastewater is recirculated in a bioreactor, allowing biofilm and planktonic communities to grow. Within a few days, the water is purified. This low-cost approach is particularly suitable for small-town treatment plants. The bioreactor would be placed at the plant’s outlet, where nutrient levels support biofilm growth, serving as a tertiary water treatment step.
"The European Union-funded SURE-AMR project is also looking at ways to tackle AMR with nature-based solutions in regions like Ukraine. The Eastern European country is facing a growing AMR problem exacerbated by war. Now, The European Union is confronting a growing challenge with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which is being further exacerbated by the war in neighboring Ukraine.
"The project started in October 2024 with Ukraine as leader and other partner institutions in Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. Among the solutions assessed in the initiative are duckweed bioreactors in the outlet of a water treatment plant. Duckweed is an aquatic plant capable of removing nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, bacteria, and antibiotic residues from water.
"The second solution assessed, as a second stage of water purification, mimics a river ecosystem with biofilm channels and snails. Biofilms feed on contaminants like AMR genes, reducing their presence in water. Snails contribute by feeding on excess biofilm, preventing overgrowth, and consuming organic debris and algae, further refining the purification process. The process finishes with constructed wetlands for final purification.
"This approach reduces operational costs, making water treatment more accessible in resource-limited areas. It also enhances climate resilience and strengthens ecosystems by developing natural infrastructures (duckweed bioreactors and biofilm channels) that protect water sources, while addressing AMR to protect public health and prevent transmission."
Read more:
https://earth.org/how-nature-based-solutions-can-help-tackle-antimicrobial-resistance/
#SolarPunkSunday #WaterTreatment #AntimicrobialResistance #NatureBasedSolutions
The water softener market was valued at USD 3.59 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 6.69 billion by 2032, with a CAGR of 8.1%.
Leading Companies in the Market:
• Aquasana
• GMX International
• Atlas Filtri
• Calmat
• Linux Magnetics
• Kinetico Water Systems
• Ethix Water Conditioner
👉 Read the full report here:
https://www.credenceresearch.com/report/water-softener-market
#WaterSoftener #CleanWater #Sustainability #WaterTreatment #MarketResearch #CredenceResearch #SmartHome #IoT #EcoTech
Cyber Investigation Underway at Detroit Water Facility After Network Intrusion Attempt #CriticalInfrastructure #WaterTreatment #PublicUtilities #Cyberattack #Michigan https://zba.bz/IMnOD
Slow River
“Slow River now demonstrates that Griffith is the major new voice in the field… In her depiction of a woman struggling for control of her life, Griffith has fashioned a paean to the human spirit, engaging both the mind and heart. It’s fashionable to say such books transcend the genre, as if quality had no place in science fiction. Rather, I think Slow River elevates the genre, joining a select few books that shine as beacons of excellence.” — Seattle Times
Publisher’s Description
She wakes in an alley to the splash of rain. She is naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity implant is gone. Lore van de Oest was the daughter of one of the world’s most powerful families…and now she is nobody, and she has to hide.
Then out of the rain walks Spanner, predator and thief, who takes her in, cares for her wound, and teaches her how to reinvent herself again and again. No one can find Lore now: not the police, not her family, and not the kidnappers who left her in that alley to die. She has escaped…but the cost of her newfound freedom is crime and deception, and she pays it over and over again, until she has become someone she loathes.
Lore has a choice: She can stay in the shadows, stay with Spanner…and risk losing herself forever. Or she can leave Spanner and find herself again by becoming someone else: stealing the identity implant of a dead woman, taking over her life, and creating a new future.
But to start again, Lore requires Spanner’s talents—Spanner, who needs her and hates her, and who always has a price. And even as Lore agrees to play Spanner’s game one final time, she finds that there is still the price of being a Van de Oest to be paid. Only by confronting her family, her past, and her own demons can Lore meld together who she had once been, who she has become, and the person she intends to be…
Reviews
“Noirish, mesmerizing…remarkable.” — San Francisco Review of Books
“With her rich imagination, Griffith has created an intriguing world and a character who not only makes her way through it with boldness and creativity, but takes the time to reflect as she goes. Lore confronts moral dilemmas, faces the pain of her past and eventually finds an identity centered in herself rather than in “that most modern of ectoplasms: electrons and photons that flitted silently across the data nets of the world.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“[W]ith her first novel, Ammonite…Griffith revealed herself to be fluent in presenting realistic science and its implications, capable of cinematic clarity in her prose, insightful with emotions and character… Replicating many of her debut’s themes and strengths, Slow River nonetheless expands into new territory… Although packed with memorable events—including a thrilling brush with a toxic blowup in a bioremediation plant—Slow River is, in tune with its title, a stately, measured voyage down the secret streams inside us all. — Washington Post
“With its persuasive characters trying to form identities in an unstable society, its midnight streets and shabby apartments, and its vast industrial engines, Slow River is a powerful prose poem on issues that are already with us… It’s a worthy, and radically different, successor to its author’s acclaimed debut.” — Gary Wolfe, Locus
“Slow River is a transcendent work of art. Transcendent, and yet so accessible, so recognizable, so relatable – which only makes it more exceptional. It truly deserves to be read.” — Sharon Browning, LitStack
“Slow River is a jewel of a book, beautifully written and mature in how it approaches its concepts. It calls light up from the darkest shadows–a light that shines more brightly for having survived and prospered against the odds stacked up against it. In a world that seems forever going more and more awry, we need reminders such as this, and authors such as Griffith to provide them.” — Charles de Lint, F&SF
“Nicola Griffith made a brilliant debut two years ago with the planetary exploration novel Ammonite. Her second book is an equally brilliant but very different story of the near future and one woman’s search for an identity. Slow River extrapolates changes in biology, computers and drugs in the day-after-tomorrow fashion of Bruce Sterling. Slow River moves swiftly but is also deceptively deep and thoughtful.” — Denver Post
“Credible internet charity scams, kidnapping, fashionable designer drugs, sex, sadism, advanced digital porn, sabotage, information and identity theft–all solidly human, without the easy dazzle of cyberpunk cliche. There are no disposable characters either. Real life isn’t as cheap as some fiction would have us believe. Slow River is an extremely mature SF novel which pulls off the difficult trick of combining a solidly decent moral stance with compelling readability. I was impressed.” — David Langford, in SFX
“No second-novel slump for English-born Nicola Griffith, whose first novel, Ammonite, won both a Lammy and science fiction’s Tiptree Award… In both theme and imagery, Slow River invites comparison to such death-and-rebirth epics as the Sumerian descent of Inanna or the attempt of Orpheus to bring Eurydice back from Hades… Rarely has this reviewer wished so fervently for a sequel!” — Victoria Brownworth, Lambda Book Report
“Ambitious, remarkable, strikingly described.” — Brian Aldiss
“An astonishing piece of work.” — Dorothy Allison
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