The process of cleaning the water that flows down our drains and toilets can drastically raise carbon dioxide levels in nearby waterways. Two Johns Hopkins University scientists have found an ...

When water from your home, whether from the toilet, sinks or shower goes down the drain, it travels through a network of pipes to a wastewater treatment facility (unless you’re on a private septic ...

Merced’s Wastewater Treatment Plant plays a vital role in protecting the environment as well as humans as treated water and biosolids eventually make their way back into the environment. Multiple ...

STICKNEY, Ill. -- The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's wastewater treatment plant in near Stickney, Ill. has many names, both formal and informal. The formal name is the Stickney Water ...

PHOENIXVILLE — Everything old is new again, at least at the Phoenixville Wastewater Treatment Plant. There, a “new” technology whose actual discovery dates back to before World War I is getting ready ...

Viruses are everywhere in wastewater treatment plants, quietly interacting with bacteria as sewage is cleaned and reused. A new study reveals that these viral communities are far more complex and ...

Jacob Groby is so confident in the quality of the wastewater treated by the Mandeville sewage plant that, on a recent Thursday morning, he stood by a discharge pipe and cupped his hands. The water, ...