As more cities across North America face extended drought situations, some are buying into a water solution that’s turning heads and stomachs: treating wastewater. Some cities in California are even turning wastewater into drinking...

Small brood of fuzzy, black and white Black Bellied Whistling Duck chicks next to their mother in a man made wetland

Long-range view of a multitude of white birds, including pelicans, ibis and wood storks, and one pink spoonbill standing in blue water and resting on a sandbar in a man made wetlands

Close up of a peaceful natural setting with two Whistling Ducks and their babies

Scenic view of a wetland with sunlit sparkles on blue water and green grasses, reeds, plants in the foreground waving in the breeze

Great Blue Heron in a wetland, looking around over the water, standing in tall grass on a sunny day in Florida

Close up view of some cattails bursting, their fluffy seeds blown on the wind, with blue water and grasses in a wetland

Nov. 14 -- Sparkling, still or recently flushed? Orange County, California is increasing the amount of wastewater it recycles into drinking water by almost 50 percent. Even though the filtered water is as pure as can be, it doesnt go...