Because leaders across this drought-afflicted region all embraced the same innovative idea a decade ago, three separate ...

Some places have been recycling water for decades. Murcia, located in a dry region of southwest Spain, has built an extensive system of treatment plants to clean sewage water, allowing it to be used ...

Officials gathered Friday, April 14, to toast the completed expansion of a pioneering recycling facility that takes wastewater and turns it into clean, drinkable water for much of Orange County. With ...

When Janet Cruz lost an April election for a Tampa City Council seat, she became a political casualty of an increasingly high-stakes debate over recycled water. During her time in the Florida ...

SALEM — Irrigating crops with treated wastewater is widely considered a promising but underused way to help relieve drought impacts in Oregon and across the West. Given that consensus, it would seem ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In downtown San Francisco, in a cavernous garage that was once a Honda dealership, a gleaming ...

SALEM — Oregon lawmakers may mobilize a team of state agencies to fix the bureaucratic pitfalls that often prevent treated wastewater from being reused for irrigation. House Bill 2169 would direct ...

Given the persistent water stress across the region, water recycling is emerging as a vital strategy. The Middle East's success shows how wastewater can be transformed from a liability into a valuable ...