Early in the pandemic, a few cities and countries around the world began testing sewage for evidence of the coronavirus, hoping to detect rising infections early.
Tempe was the first U.S. city to turn its wastewater into actionable intelligence about opioid abuse hotspots.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is now requiring water utilities to test sewage sludge known as biosolids for PFAS before using them as ...
Crews have been forced to stop after hitting a pipe 131 feet down, in the well, just a week after starting the drilling.
WASHINGTON -- Anyone who flushes a toilet contributes to the data. Tempe has been collecting samples from its sewers for seven years, looking for traces of opioids flowing through the city’s pipes.