
This city park in Amsterdam could help purify local water
DELVA Landscape Architecture / Urbanism has revealed designs for Het Oog (Dutch for “The Eye”), a multifunctional...

GoSun Flow is a portable water purifier and sanitation station powered by solar
Small enough to fit comfortably in a backpack with a filter strong enough to remove 99.99% of pathogens (including...

A Swiss forest gains a sculptural, sustainably minded water purification plant
Most water purification plants are devoid of personality, but that’s not so for the Swiss city of Muttenz’s...

Architects to transform two old railway yards into eco parks in Milan
OMA and Milan-based Laboratorio Permanente have won a competition to transform two abandoned railway yards in Milan...

Record-breaking paper water purifier operates at near 100% efficiency
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have created a highly efficient device that uses sunlight and black carbon-dipped...

This moss can naturally eliminate arsenic from water
Through the magic of moss, anything is possible. Scientists at the University of Stockholm have discovered that Warnstofia...

Water purification breakthrough can even clean water from the Dead Sea
Despite all our advances, access to clean water is still a major problem - not just for developing nations, but...

C.F. Møller’s Storkeengen tackles climate challenges in a Danish town
The modern age’s best landscape architecture projects aren’t one-trick ponies. C.F. Møller Landscape takes...

This spinning house uses the force of hurricanes to anchor itself to the ground
This futuristic, hurricane-proof home is cleverly designed to use the force of storms to withstand extreme wind...

New MIT water purification method eliminates even trace chemical waste and pesticides
Ridding water of tiny concentrations of pollutants isn't easy. Typically, a lot of energy or chemicals are required...

Swedish researchers develop low-cost wood filter to purify water in refugee camps
At least 780 million people in the world lack access to clean water, a dire problem exacerbated by the increasing...

This little black rectangle quickly and effortlessly disinfects water
Around the world, 663 million people lack access to clean drinking water. Unfortunately, disinfecting contaminated...

Solar-power system could provide clean drinking water in rural India for the first time
A solar-powered purification system could slake the thirsts of rural India with clean drinking water for the first...

Researchers design cheap mercury-free LED foil to purify water
Utilizing light to purify water isn't a new idea, but Ohio State University researchers recently developed a portable,...

Ford is working on cars that harvest water from thin air
What if accessing fresh water on the go was as easy as turning a dispenser in the front of your car? That was the...