BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- In a BioSafety Level 2 lab at U.C. Berkeley, scientists spend all day looking at wastewater. At first read, it may sound gross but it is the work of a lifetime for scientists ...

With population growth and climate change both stressing freshwater supplies, demand for the precious resource could exceed supply by some 40% by 2030, according to a 2016 United Nations estimate.

In north Denver, next to the South Platte River is a series of big pools. This is Metro Water Recovery, a treatment plant — the state’s largest according to employees. On a visit there, you can see ...

Each Tuesday, a team of scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage spend much of their day carefully extracting and testing microscopic strands of ribonucleic acid found in a jug of wastewater ...

Perhaps you didn’t bother going to the doctor, or you got results from a home COVID-19 test that doesn’t get shared with the health department. Maybe you didn’t even feel sick enough to realize you ...