Oil spills can trigger the release of natural pollutants when they reach groundwater. This pollution domino effect is the topic of a current Water Resources Institute-funded study.

After a rigorous review, the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute selected two projects out of 15 that were submitted in a competition held last year. Those new projects got underway on July 1.

A new WRI-sponsored fellowship, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, will assess the state's policy on using atrazine on crops.

The University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute celebrates 60 years in 2024.

The 2023 animated movie “Elemental” imagines a world of anthropomorphized elements: earth, water, air and fire. References to chemistry are woven into the plot. There is an Alkali Theater; M...

Support water research, outreach and education tomorrow with Day of the Badger, an annual fundraising event to support UW–Madison! The two-day campaign, which lasts precisely 1,848 minute...

WRI Interim Director Christy Remucal will lead a new Center of Excellence in PFAS Environmental Science on the UW-Madison campus.

WRI was recently notified by an evaluation panel that it is functioning at an "outstanding level.”

Research will quantify the public health risk of private well water in southwestern Wisconsin.