Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, Israel's Tel Aviv University and other institutions have developed a ...

For decades, desalination has been pitched as the ultimate solution to water scarcity. With oceans covering more than seventy ...

A Korean research team found a method to inhibit the fouling of membranes, which are used in the desalination process that removes salt and dissolved substances from seawater to obtain drinking, ...

Access to clean, safe drinking water is a necessity that’s worryingly not being met in many parts of the world. A new study has used a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) to filter ...

The world's freshwater is vanishing. Droughts are spreading, aquifers are running dry, and the United Nations has flagged a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As the pressure on California's water supply grows more intense this summer, another urban area could begin the process of producing their own. The California Coastal Commission ...

For a world covered in oceans, getting a drink of water on Planet Earth can be surprisingly tricky. Fresh water is hard to come by even on our water world, so much so that most sources are better ...

Humanity has sought to make the Earth's oceans potable for thousands of years. The Norse tale of Utgarda-Loki tells of Thor being tricked into drinking from a horn connected to the sea, while Exodus ...

NEWARK, Calif. -- As more communities impose water use restrictions because of the drought, the California Coastal Commission is likely to vote on a controversial proposal later this year that could ...

Southeast New Mexico College has started using the facility to train a future workforce in sustainable water treatment.

Recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for ...