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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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Methylmercury water concentrations low, but Great Lakes fish consumption advisories persist—new research documents one probable culprit
A new study shows although Great Lakes methylmercury water concentrations are low, fish consumption advisories persist.
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Groundwater Awareness Week communication piece wins award
The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) won a communications award in an international competition sponsored by Apex. Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, ed...
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Four new research projects to probe Wisconsin water challenges
The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) has been functioning in the state for 57 years. Despite that half-a-century-plus track record of scientific investigations, there ...
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WRI wins communications award
The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) won a communications award in an international competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, an a...
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June deadline for three new grant opportunities
Three current funding opportunities each have a deadline of 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 15.
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New interactive map details nearly 475 Wisconsin groundwater research projects
The map lays out, county-by-county, projects funded through the Wisconsin Groundwater Research and Monitoring Program since 1985.
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Free, Online Symposium on Hot Water Topics: PFAS, Climate Change and COVID/Water
In its fifth year, the Water @ UW-Madison Spring Symposium continues to highlight the most immediate and relevant water-related topics and opportunities for Wisconsin. This year’s free, onli...
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Experimental cultivation method could mean healthy potato yield and healthier water
Listen to the story By Moira Harrington Fried, baked or mashed, we love our potatoes. What we don’t love is drinking water with lots of nitrate — a form of nitrogen that fuels a robust...
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Wisconsin mercury researcher captures prestigious ASLO prize
Former University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute researcher, and now a post-doctoral fellow at the U.S. EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division in Duluth, Minnesota, Ryan Lepak has been a...
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State’s leading water managers and researchers meeting
More than an expected 100 water managers and researchers will gather virtually March 3 and 4 for the annual American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section meeting to discuss and stra...
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