Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...

How many more environmental incidents need to occur before we get serious about curbing our addiction to plastic? Officials made the decision to burn off vinyl chloride, a volatile chemical that they ...

Three plastic pipe trade groups are joining for an educational campaign that aims to address myths and misinformation about their products and highlight the benefits through a fact-based yet light ...

As water utilities mobilize to replace millions of lead pipes across the country, they are sometimes choosing plastic, which some advocates worry can pose its own risks to drinking water. Last month, ...

Plastic pipe demand continues to grow — in large part through infrastructure projects for drinking water and storm and sanitary sewer systems — despite stiff competition, challenges from environmental ...

Jen Muggleton receives funding from the EPSRC and UK Water Industry Research. The UK is losing a staggering 3 billion litres of water each day through leaky pipes. The issue is not limited to the UK ...

Melissa Scanlan and Rajpreet Grewal do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant ...