NASA’s Mission Control gave the Expedition 19 astronaut crew aboard the International Space Station a “go” to drink water that the station’s new recycling system has purified. Mission Control radioed ...

Phoenix’s effort to send ultra-purified recycled water directly to taps could be among the largest in the world. And that could profoundly impact our water future — even if this new supply may become ...

As more parts of the world face intense drought, new technologies are emerging to clean and reuse existing water. Investors are seeing potential for big profits. Water treatment is expensive. It uses ...

If NASA is ever to achieve human missions to Mars and beyond, astronauts will have to drink recycled fluids as weight and space restrictions mean that transporting fresh water isn’t feasible. NASA ...