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.

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...

Scientists have mapped the aquifer underlying Fond du Lac County, enabling water systems to better manage the quality of drinking water.

New research is using artificial sweeteners as a tracer for phosphorous loading into lakes.

 A new study shows although Great Lakes methylmercury water concentrations are low, fish consumption advisories persist.

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...

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 ...

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...

Three current funding opportunities each have a deadline of 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 15.