The wastewater treatment plant of the future won’t gobble up chemicals and electricity in order spit out clean water; it will generate clean water and electricity at the same time.READ»
Water treatment has become so advanced that we could significantly up our water supply by using treated wastewater. But people are squeamish, despite the fact that treated waste water makes its way into their glasses all the time.READ»
Toilets. You might take them for granted, but in a lot of the world, not only do people not have them, they don't even want them. Watch this short movie about Jack Sim, who hopes to change that by making the toilet an object of desire.READ»
In his latest piece of amusing work for Water.org, the Oscar winner gets a little pushy with some children who aren't asking Santa for the right gift.READ»
Put together by engineering students with no experience with cars, and often unable to charge because of the country's poor electrical grid, the EV is still a symbol of Africa's potential future.READ»
Poor people have some cash to spend, they just need to be careful how they use it. But they're a huge market waiting to be tapped, if companies can make things they're willing to buy.READ»
Want to know where the worst pollution is near you? With some help from Microsoft, new maps let European users see all that data in a visual form.READ»
If every village had its own local water entrepreneur, maybe they would do a better job providing clean water. That's the model Sarvajal uses in India--franchising water purification equipment to create a network of successful clean ...READ»
Yes, there are droughts everywhere. But there is enough water in our rivers to quench all thirst and increase food production. All it will take is not wasting so much of it.READ»
From drinkable rainwater to preventing suicide, India's ideas competition--powered by the country's largest automaker--is driving new innovations to "help India rise."READ»
Usually, we're trying to keep plastic out of water sources, but it turns out that a little bit of plastic can go a long way in making contaminated water safer to drink.READ»
Find out--down to the block--how well America is going to handle the already-started water crisis. Live in a danger zone? Time to start making preparations now.READ»
We can innovate our way out of using petroleum, but we will always need water to survive. Instead, we need to find ways to use less or, even better, to reuse.READ»
The ocean is a virtually limitless source of water, if we can get the salt out. Currently, the process is almost prohibitively expensive, but if costs can come down, the technology could quench the thirst of billions.READ»
Around a black hole 12 billion light years away, there's an almost unimaginable vapor cloud of water--enough to supply an entire planet's worth of water for every person on earth, 20,000 times over.READ»
Corporations use a lot of water, and global droughts are starting to take a toll on the bottom line. A few pioneering companies are finding that reducing water isn't just good environmental policy--it's saving a lot of money.READ»
