After a study shows San Francisco treatment plants are dealing with microplastic pollution, experts weigh in on possible solutions

The findings of a new study indicate our problem with microplastics is only just beginning.

Plastics. They're in our waters, and that's a huge problem. Here's the scoop on microbeads, which might be just the tip of the plastic pollution iceberg.

In this week's water and wastewater news, a man is arrested after stealing computers at a wastewater treatment plant, microbeads get the boot, and California looks to water reuse.

In this week's water and wastewater, a boil alert is issued in Winnipeg, microbeads come under scrutiny in Wisconsin, and a Texas utility devises a water savings plan.