A team has engineered a yeast platform that converts urine from wastewater into a high-value biomedical and dental implant substance.

Blue, green orange, brown − water comes in many colors, depending on what’s in it.

"It's an exciting discovery with the potential to redefine how we handle some of our most intractable wastewater challenges."

Antimicrobial resistance is hard to monitor because there’s no standard way to detect it. Here’s how it could be better identified in rivers, streams and seas.

Rather than winging it when an unusual health event crops up, health officials take a systematic approach. The goal is to quickly figure out what’s going on and squash any outbreak before it spreads.

Fracking wastewater could be a new source of lithium, a key ingredient in batteries for everything from smartphones and electric cars.

Detecting infectious agents in sewage is only the first step. Researchers are working on developing reliable ways to translate surveillance measurements to case numbers and infection predictions.

US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create true sponge cities that are built to soak up water.

The UK’s Victorian-era sewer network is at breaking point.

With more and more people living in cities, new research digs into growth's effect on trash, wastewater, and greenhouse gas emissions.