With the flush of a toilet or the removal of a bathtub drain, the water within disappears in a final, tiny whirlpool never to be seen again. Well, not quite. Discharged water eventually makes its way ...

After an Orange County resident flushes her toilet, the water flows through the Southern California community’s sewer system, meanders its way to the sanitation plant, has its solids removed, is piped ...

TOILET TO TAP IS A CRUDE GROSS, BUT THE MOST DIRECT DESCRIPTION OF HOW WESTMINSTER PLANS TO RESOLVE ITS ACHILLES HEEL, A SCARCE WATER SUPPLY. I THINK IT SOUNDS DISGUSTING. I WOULDN’T WANT TO DRINK IT.

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, have developed a pine-bark–based water-treatment medium that efficiently removes antibiotics as well as residues of blood-pressure and antidepressant ...

Lake Cachuma may be spilling now but that wasn't the case a decade ago when the Carpinteria Valley Water District saw the ...

Every day, millions of gallons of water carrying a valuable resource slosh beneath our feet in a complex network of pipes. Wastewater flows from household tubs, sinks and toilets — carrying sudsy soap ...