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A research team at the WEST Center has launched a pilot study aimed at advancing new techniques for removing and destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater. This is an especially urgent effort as existing physicochemical processes in wastewater treatment plants are not designed to sustainably remove and destroy PFAS to the new, and increasingly strict, regulatory standards.

No matter which alternative the federal government picks to manage the depleted Colorado River, there's a very good chance of sThe bathtub ring showing how much Lake Mead has dropped its shown from inside Hoover Dam. No matter which alternative the U.S. government picks to manage the depleted Colorado River, there's a very good chance of severely bad consequences — such as "dead pool" at reservoirs and a cutoff of electricity from big dams, a new federal report shows.everely bad consequences — such as "dead pool" at reservoirs and a cutoff of electricity from big dams.

Community leaders, farmers and ranchers, homesteaders, agency staff and nonprofit partners gathered in Willcox, Arizona, for an action-oriented water workshop last month.

Wildfires don't wait. But today, many fire agencies are forced to. Now imagine if responders could know where fires are most likely to start before the first spark ever appears.

For decades, economists have focused on how climate change will impact the future. New research from Derek Lemoine, APS Professor of Economics in the Eller College of Management, shows the impact is already here: climate change has reduced U.S. income by an estimated 12%.

Since 2016, the WEST Center has provided unique access to technologies and equipment allowing for innovative research related to water, wastewater, and energy.

In a series of studies, a WEST Center team – in collaboration with the University of Sonora and with funding from an industry partner – is exploring the efficacy, and optimization, of organic acids and plant-derived compounds to reduce viral and fungal populations in various environments.

The negative health impacts from contamination by so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water costs the contiguous U.S. at least $8 billion a year in social costs, a University of Arizona-led study has found.

"Native voices should be heard and uplifted all the time- but I think for this month specifically, it’s a time for us Native folks to highlight all the cool stuff we’re doing."

Few ideas in science have been tested and confirmed as thoroughly as evolution by natural selection. Whether the same process can explain global patterns of biodiversity, however – why most species are restricted to certain environments while a few outliers seem to be found everywhere – remains largely uncertain.