In Southern California, desalination facilities and wastewater reclamation plants are often near each other. That presents opportunities to provide the most water possible, while minimizing energy usage and keeping the environment in mind, USC Viterbi researchers say.
USC researchers have developed models that can help assess how emerging contaminants disperse, dissolve and ultimately impact water quality and the resilience of aquifers.
With most buildings essentially clear of classes and students, the university takes a forward leap in sustainability by installing touch-free, water-saving faucets.
USC senior’s Club H2O is the first step to launching a global business spun off from that charity.
Fascinating website is launched in honor of World Water Day.
Conservation, allocation and technology are key, he says, but all will take time.
From wavy jet streams to wasted water, USC experts look at challenges facing the Golden State.
Dean Knott welcomes policymakers, politicians and citizens to discuss California’s driest year on record.
Amy Childress and her colleagues are the first researchers in the country to pilot the Reverse Osmosis-Pressure-Retarded Osmosis water desalination system.