The decades-long effort will boost local water supplies and could also help replenish Mono Lake in the Sierra Nevada.

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health is developing a wastewater surveillance program to detect any potential spread of diseases during the FIFA World Cup. Toronto’s new Medical Officer of Health Dr.

Element3 just raised a fresh round of funding to launch the first US commercial lithium extraction plants, and it’s sourcing the lithium from oil and gas wastewater in Texas. That’s a big deal because ...

U.S. shale oil wells generate 27–45 million barrels of toxic wastewater every day, with shale gas adding billions more gallons annually. Traditional underground disposal is polluting groundwater, ...

Tempe has been collecting samples from its sewers for seven years, looking for traces of opioids flowing through the city’s pipes. Anyone who flushes a toilet contributes to the data. The testing has ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- Through a sewer shed, researchers at UC Merced take an inside look at nicotine usage across the Central Valley. "Right now, we're lowering the tube so we can take another ...

Municipal wastewater treatment plants are ineffective at removing Prozac (fluoxetine) and other common pharmaceuticals in wastewater, causing the drugs to be discharged into lakes, rivers and streams ...

An employee error caused a wastewater overflow into Lake Michigan at a facility in Oak Creek. The overflow lasted for 30 minutes, releasing an estimated 20,000 ...

After more than five years of construction, San Mateo's upgraded Wastewater Treatment Plant was unveiled Wednesday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It is the largest infrastructure project in San Mateo's ...

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — An estimated 2,150 gallons of untreated wastewater was discharged into a Southport creek due to a sewer pipe break. According to a press release, Southeast Brunswick Sanitary ...