The power of water entranced Dr. Prathap Parameswaran. It perplexed him. Growing up in southwest India, he often saw a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Could the future of tracking positive COVID-19 cases in Houston come from the sewer? City officials and wastewater engineers are hoping their methods become the next tool in ...

People living in an illegal trailer park in South Florida have been accused of dumping human waste into the groundwater.

A more efficient way to extract fertiliser from human urine could help make better use of wastewater in cities and farms, without exacerbating global warming. Human urine is rich in compounds useful ...

For the last 14 years, when it rains in Lowndes County, Alabama, contaminated standing water builds up around Annye Burke’s home. When the septic tank breaks down, raw sewage backs up into her toilet, ...

The utilities chief blames the plant operator for the big discharge of treated wastewater into Tampa Bay last month, but no disciplinary action is contemplated before the operator and his boss return ...

The manmade wetlands in Tolleson known as Tres Rios serves three purposes. Assistant Water Services Director for the City of Phoenix Nazario Prieto says it protects homes along the Salt River from ...

Greenhouse gas emissions from many wastewater treatment plants may be more than twice as large as previously thought. This is ...

Fetid water pools outside a mobile home in Hayneville in Lowndes County, Ala., in 2022. For the last 14 years, when it rains in Lowndes County, Alabama, contaminated standing water builds up around ...