Sampling wastewater to predict outbreaks in COVID-19 is being done all over the U.S. Everything that gets flushed down the toilet eventually ends up a wastewater treatment plant. And it’s at many ...

The unassuming grey robots basically just sit on top of manhole covers on the UC San Diego campus. The automated wonders are about the size of an upside-down 10-gallon bucket. Think of a small R2-D2 ...

Since reopening campus at the University of California-San Diego last summer, university officials have relied on the tried-and-true public health strategies of testing and contact tracing. But they ...

Issmat Kassem, a microbiologist and assistant professor at the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety, has been worried for a while about antibiotic resistance. His research focuses on what he ...

Biosolids are treated waste solids generated from sewage sludge that have been processed so that they can be applied to land as a fertilizer. Advocates of biosolid use point to its ability to enrich ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority has begun sampling sewage as part of a national program to track the spread of the coronavirus and its variants.

This story has been updated to correct a mistake that appeared in the original version. Homeowners outside the affected area who are concerned their home might be affected should contact their water ...

Washington state has joined the growing list of states addressing the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals,” in biosolids that are widely used ...