Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Jeannie from Burlington, Vt., asked us about wastewater treatment plants. She said she's ...

As the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control plant undergoes a $318 million modernization project that is expected to be completed as early as the end of 2029, the plant is getting extra attention from ...

Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive. Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of ...

This innovative approach integrates watershed conservation with carbon credit generation, offering a scalable model for other ...

All around the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, Mike Hallmen points to evidence that change is afoot. Water-filled chambers that were once clogged with mucky brown sediment or choked by ...

A very special scum is growing at the wastewater treatment plant. Before flowing into t River, a privileged 0.6% of Santa Fe’s flushed wastewater has, since last August, enjoyed a brief ...

Burlington has started a major upgrade to its wastewater treatment plant, a project approved by voters in 2025. The upgrades will address aging equipment and improve the health of Lake Champlain. The ...