As the summer heat ramps up in the region, health officials warned that several King County beaches have returned high ...

For going on 14 years, Charleston Waterkeeper has been collecting fecal contamination samples across the local watershed.

New sewage detection: Morgan State scientists developed a DNA-based test to identify human waste in waterways, potentially spotting leaks before major sewer failures. Faster than current: The pBI143 ...

New detection tool: Morgan State scientists developed a DNA test that identifies human sewage contamination in less than a day. Targeting human waste: The method detects a plasmid common in human ...