SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio gets its drinking water from the Edwards Aquifer, it’s a karst or limestone system. A Karst or limestone system is an area where the rock is dissolved by water and fractures ...

Chelsea public works employees Alex Arroyo (left) and Tony Rosa collect wastewater samples so they can be tested for COVID-19 variants. Mark Herz: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. We’ve been marking the ...

MINOT — Our nation is closing in on $37 trillion in debt, which represents almost 123% of our gross domestic product. That's a problem we have to fix, and spending cuts have to be part of the equation ...

Primary clarifier tanks sit at the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 4. The clarifier tanks allow large items in the water to settle at the bottom of the tank while ...

As the US looks set to lose its measles elimination status, scientists turn to wastewater tracking to limit outbreaks.

Jackie Martin is a senior producer with GBH’s All Things Considered. Prior to GBH, Jackie worked as the Line Producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway. She also worked more than 13 years in audio and sports ...

With every rinse of a sink and flush of a toilet, public health is becoming easier to track thanks to a growing practice known as wastewater monitoring or wastewater surveillance. "This is an ...

Tomorrow marks five years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic. Tracking the virus has been key to understanding where outbreaks are occurring, and one tracking ...

A dairy plant on the edge of a growing city hits a wall. Regulatory pressure is climbing. Discharge limits are tightening. Their conventional treatment setup can’t keep pace. Delays in expansion are ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

PHOENIX — The 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant plays an important role in making sure Valley wastewater doesn’t go to waste. Sewage water is treated at the facility at 91st Avenue and Roeser ...