A research project funded by the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute is attempting to understand why arsenic is an issue in wells in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties in east central Wisconsin, and improve the probability of identifying where arsenic is likely to be a problem for new wells drilled in those counties.

The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute and its sister institution, Wisconsin Sea Grant, is hiring an emerging contaminants scientist. Apply by 11:55 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. T...

Up to $400,000 for fiscal year 2022 will be available for research into groundwater management, quantity and quality through the State of Wisconsin Joint Solicitation for Groundwater Researc...

Water Resources Institute-funded researchers are examining what happens when pyrite meets oxygen and microbes deep below land surface, particularly at circumneutral pH, a situation that has not been well understood up to this point.

Four new WRI-funded projects focused on Wisconsin groundwater are underway on university campuses as of July 1, as well as a continuing one.

Due to the effects of COVID-19, these are unprecedented times for all of society, including water science and outreach at the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute. While our...

A two-year project aims at closing the academic achievement gap between African-American and white students in Wisconsin.

In the classic game of rock, paper, scissors—during each round—one of these mock items formed by participants’ hands comes out on top. In thinking about groundwater and with a scientific twi