bacteria

How One Kid Stopped the Contamination of a River

Stella Bowles was 11 years old when she first donned her rubber boots to test for water contamination in the…

6 years ago

How About That Water Quality? Ocean Acidification

Talking about water quality isn’t most people’s idea of the ideal ice breaker. In the Lowcountry (loosely defined as coastal…

6 years ago

Flint Water Crisis Deaths Likely Surpass Official Toll

The death toll in Flint, Michigan, from contaminated water may be much higher than state health officials have acknowledged, an…

6 years ago

Chemicals that keep drinking water flowing may also cause fouling

The top image shows a thin and stiff biofilm formed from untreated water, and the bottom image shows a thick…

6 years ago

Solar purifier creates its own disinfectant from water and sunlight

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A hiker gets disoriented while on a desert trek when she comes upon a drying puddle…

6 years ago