Heating water is one of the most energy-consuming and costly household tasks. According to the Department of Energy, it makes up roughly 18% of a standard home's monthly energy budget. And if you use ...

Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations in sunlight throughout the day. Because it requires no extra batteries, it offers a ...

Fresh water we can use for drinking or agriculture is only about 3 percent of the global water supply, and nearly 70 percent of that is trapped in glaciers and ice caps. So far, that was enough to ...

California is changing how renewable energy and water conservation work together. In the state’s Central Valley, a new $20 million project called Project Nexus has transformed regular water canals ...

Nobel-winning chemist Omar Yaghi has created a solar-powered, off-grid device that produces 1,000 litres of drinking water ...

In Uganda, and globally, about 90 percent of aquaculture farmers operate in ponds or cages located in remote areas without ...

An international research group has proposed a low-cost testing methodology for solar water pumping systems that can reportedly improve water access in developing countries. The novel approach enables ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Solar powered reverse osmosis at the New Hanover County landfill is helping keep harmful waste water out of surrounding waterways. The county recently installed solar panels on ...