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New project tests Ceded Territories for PFAS at request of tribes
A three-year tribally driven project to quantify levels of PFAS and their health impacts on plants and animals associated with aquatic ecosystems in Ceded Territories was recently funded.
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Alison Mikulyuk will assist with WRI research competition
Alison Mikulyuk has a passion for water and she joins the staff as the first coordinator of Water@UW-Madison, and will assist with WRI's research competitions.
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Known by many for much, Anne Moser is now known as an award-winner
Anne Moser was named 2022 Nonformal Educator by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education.
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Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars Program opportunities now open
Based on the success of a pilot program on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus last summer, 31 undergraduate Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars opportunities are open for appl...
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Research survey aligns the Wisconsin Idea with water
Associate Professor of Geoscience Michael Cardiff and his research team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are applying the Wisconsin Idea to groundwater issues.
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Two new research projects about Wisconsin’s groundwater announced
A survey of rural views about water and a groundwater flooding research project are new for 2022.
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Percolating pollution
A Wisconsin Water Resources Institute project is exploring how bacteria and other water contaminants flow through soil by applying a medical technology widely used for cancer imaging.
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Decades of proceedings from annual water meetings now available
45 years of proceedings from annual conferences of the American Water Resources Association, Wisconsin Chapter, now online.
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Annual Symposium Explores Water-Science-Humanities-People Connections
Sign up now for free, online water symposium happening on Friday, April 22, 2022.
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New undergraduate research program focused on water launched
March 29, 2022 The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) and its sister organization the Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program Tuesday received a $358,000 two-year grant f...
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UW-Milwaukee researchers examine road salt’s year-round impact on Wisconsin rivers
Research led by geoscience professor Charles Paradis will help policy makers and others balance public safety with environmental health when it comes to road salting practices.
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Making a promising soil treatment for nitrate even better
Joe Sanford with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville has spent his academic career getting his hands dirty. The assistant professor of soil and crop science has been studying uses for biochar, a form of charcoal that’s made by burning wood and plant byproducts (pine chips or dried corn plants) under low oxygen conditions.
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2021 Year in Review
It’s the contributions from water researchers and managers that help us all understand and protect these precious assets. Here is a year in review of University of Wisconsin Water Resources
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Radium and strontium researchers take a seat at the table
Scientists have mapped the aquifer underlying Fond du Lac County, enabling water systems to better manage the quality of drinking water.
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A sweet way to protect heaven
New research is using artificial sweeteners as a tracer for phosphorous loading into lakes.
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