March 8-14 is Groundwater Awareness Week. Groundwater is a hidden vital resource. An estimated 1.2 quadrillion gallons of groundwater lies beneath Wisconsin’s surface. If all that liquid were above ground, it would submerge the entire state in 100 feet of water. Seven in 10 state residents and 97 percent of the state’s inland communities depend on groundwater for their water supply.

February 24, 2015 By Aaron R. Conklin Given the tens of millions of gallons of water that are pumped from municipal wells in Wisconsin’s Dane County each and every day, it would be...

With funding from the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, assistant professors Matthew Ginder-Vogel and Christina Remucal are looking at the source of manganese in the aquifer rocks in Madison and how the manganese that ends up dissolved in the water reacts with other compounds, especially pollutants.

Using WRI funding, Steve Loheide looks to chart the occurrence of a unique stream dynamic across Wisconsin.

WRI researcher Shangping Xu tracks the molecular mechanism that allows antibiotic-resistant bacteria to travel rapidly through the subsurface system—and into wells and beaches.

University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute researchers have discovered strontium in the drinking water of people living in Brown and Outagamie counties near Green Bay, Wis.

WRI-funded researchers try to chart the levels of toxic Chromium-6 in Wisconsin water, and detail the factors that lead to its formation.

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will analyze ring-width patterns within cores taken from old oak trees found in southwestern Wisconsin’s Driftless Region. The effort is for a two-year study funded by the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute into signs of long-term variability in rainfall and climate conditions.

The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute has announced funding of $55,400 for two projects over the next two years. Both involve strengthening the abilities of community planners to respond to climate change by providing them with new tools and information.