“The sewer is the conscience of the city. Everything there converges and confronts everything else.” -Victor Hugo, The Intestine of Leviathan With the Paris Olympics in full swing, athletes are being ...

A research team from Stanford University has developed a prototype that uses solar energy to extract nutrients from human urine to create a sustainable fertilizer. They presented the system in ...

Circular sanitation systems could be lifelines on a water-stressed planet, but there are big barriers to overcome. By Jane Withers Jane Withers is a design writer and curator in London who specializes ...

Sewage pollution in the Thames has been a problem for centuries. A new art installation at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the river.