It's hard to envision a future water supply portfolio that meets our state's ever-increasing demand for potable water that ...

A student has developed a novel brine desalination method capable of converting over 90 percent of salt water into fresh water, offering a sustainable solution for water scarcity. Tayia Oddonetto, an ...

"We have to move with a sense of urgency." Revolutionary facility to provide US city with drinking water from unexpected ...

Ralph Loya was pretty sure he was going to lose the corn. His farm had been scorched by El Paso’s hottest-ever June and second-hottest August; the West Texas county saw 53 days soar over 100° ...

It’s not a secret that Texas is running out of water. By 2070, our municipal demand is projected to outstrip the water that exists in our state by over 3 million acre-feet. The gargantuan Ogallala ...

Using zero liquid discharge to increase water recovery from desalination is an emerging method to combat water scarcity, but has its own drawbacks. Climate change is making water scarcer. A promising ...

A worker walks through the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, CA. [Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times/Getty Images] BY Kiran Tota-Maharaj Clean freshwater is critical ...

Fukuoaka's osmotic power plant is supplied by local desalination facilities and uses a natural process to generate modest ...

The Corpus Christi City Council agreed to pay $2.7 million to reserve water from a desalination plant to be developed by the ...

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 ...

A thin coating of the 2D nanomaterial hexagonal boron nitride is the key ingredient in a cost-effective technology developed by engineers for desalinating industrial-strength brine. A thin coating of ...