California became the second U.S. state to allow agencies to purify wastewater and turn it into tap water as a way of adapting to drought conditions. By Shawn Hubler Reporting from Sacramento ...

California is set to approve regulations for transforming wastewater into pure drinking water. Experts say the highly treated water isn’t 'toilet-to-tap.' ...

California becomes second state to approve recycled drinking water 03:06. When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places — the ice in a skating rink, the ...

California regulators have adopted rules that will eventually allow sewage to be transformed into drinking water that goes straight to taps. It's been touted as a tool to help cope with drought.

In California, toilet or shower wastewater will no longer just be dumped into the Pacific Ocean or used for farmland. Now, it’ll be recycled into drinking water. California’s Water Resources ...

California's new rules would let, but not require, local water agencies to take wastewater from toilets or showers, treat it, and then put it right back into the drinking water system.

California’s new rules would let — but not require — water agencies to take wastewater, treat it, and then put it right back into the drinking water system. California would be just the ...

California’s new rules would let — but not require — water agencies to take wastewater, treat it, and then put it right back into the drinking water system. California would be just the ...

Rather than continuing to send treated wastewater into East Plum Creek, where volumes can be lost to evaporation, the town ...

This month, statewide regulations for what’s technically called “direct potable reuse” went into effect. The rules allow wastewater — yes, the water that goes down the drain or is flushed ...

California's new rules would let — but not require — water agencies to take wastewater, treat it, and then put it right back into the drinking water system. California would be just the second ...