"Engineered floating treatment wetlands could affect water quality in many of the same ways that naturally-occurring floating wetlands do,” researcher says

Study shows down-the-drain disposal is not a major source of pharmaceutical pollution

Doctoral student earns national recognition for research to restore soil at historic mines

Researchers are trying to better understand how several kinds of interactions affect phosphorus mobility in agricultural soils and streams

Drugs in wastewater contaminate sources of drinking water.

Catalysts created by Carnegie Mellon University chemist Terrence J. Collins effectively and safely remove a potent and dangerous endocrine disruptor from wastewater.

Flushing wet wipes down the toilet might not be such a good idea.

The war on drugs could get a boost with a new method that analyzes sewage to track levels of illicit drug use in local communities in real time.

As a premed student at West Texas A&M University, Josie Longoria was like many citizens of her region—she wasn't aware just how much the environment, especially water, affects human health. An environmental chemistry class changed that … and her career path.