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Many small Iowa towns face costly upgrades to their wastewater treatment systems to reduce ammonia levels, potentially requiring millions of dollars for...

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that brewing tea naturally removes heavy metals like lead and cadmium from water.  The tea leaves...

Clay County (Florida) Utility Authority recently celebrated the opening of Project Quench, an innovative demonstration facility showcasing how reclaimed water is safely...

A Harris County (Texas) attorney has filed a lawsuit against the utility in control of a wastewater treatment plant in Crosby, Texas. The...

Texas Gov. Abbott has declared water infrastructure a top priority for this legislative session, labeling it an emergency item. In his recent...

Following a major failure at Richmond, Virginia's water treatment plant, its team of operators has stepped up in a big way to...

Engineers recently developed carbon cloth electrodes to efficiently remove boron from seawater, simplifying the desalination process and reducing costs.This new method eliminates the need for...

A snow-related power outage at Richmond, Virginia's main water plant recently caused untreated water to flood critical infrastructure, halting water production. Most recently,...

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that nearly 7% of Americans, or about 23 million people,...

California, federal and international representatives recently gathered near the southern border to celebrate a state-funded pilot project to help clean up the...

A Texas family is suing the City of Dallas for over $100 million after a 66-year-old woman reportedly fell into a manhole...

Wayne State University and the U.S. Army are partnering to research mobile water treatment solutions for disaster-impacted areas and military deployments. The collaboration...

Over 170 environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to monitor microplastics in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General has identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities in 97 drinking water systems serving about 26.6 million Americans,...