Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 22—A major change to a bill that would commercialize the treatment and reuse of saltwater resources seems to have swayed more ...

Living off-grid is a lifestyle choice that can help significantly reduce daily costs and help people forge a closer connection with nature. Two friends shared their simple tips for making living ...

Desalination is just one way of tackling the drought. Another technique to conserve water is quite simply to reuse it. David Sedlak is professor of civil and environmental engineering at the ...

Suffolk County now has a county executive who understands the need to have treated wastewater put back into the underground water table on which the people of Long Island depend on as their “sole ...

In the arid Southwest, where water scarcity shapes every aspect of life, the idea of reusing produced water from oil and gas operations might seem like a promising solution. Advocates of reuse ...

The report provides an overview of the options and outlook for water reuse in the United States, discusses water treatment technologies and potential uses of reclaimed water, and presents a new ...

Indoor toilets were once considered a health hazard. Electric lighting sparked fears of deadly fires. Air conditioning was dismissed as an unnatural threat to human health. It seems absurd now, but ...

Increasing water scarcity is prompting stakeholders across the food industry to rethink and reup their stewardship practices, and in doing so they not only are reinforcing supply chains and the health ...

A new study gives Arizona and Nevada high marks for their reuse of treated sewage effluent as a way to reduce Colorado River use, but says the other five river basin states have a long way to go.

A post on the r/ZeroWaste subreddit showed viewers how to reuse plastic products, helping both the environment and their storage space. With growing awareness of the harm of using plastic due to its ...

Recycling plastics can save landfill space and conserve energy and water that would have been used to make new materials, among other benefits. But mechanical recycling also comes with its challenges.