Art and Science and Water Talk on Madison Campus
October 6, 2016
Oct. 6, 2016 An Oct. 21 talk, Flux: Water in Art and Science, will explore how water—acting simultaneously as a biological, ecological, social, political and aesthetic phenomenon—info...
West Bend Hosts Water of Wisconsin Photography Display in October
October 5, 2016
Oct. 5, 2016 Like much of Wisconsin, West Bend is near water—surface and groundwater, as well as being located about 15 miles from Lake Michigan. For the residents of the city, a trav...
How Very Meta
September 21, 2016
A pair of UW-Milwaukee researchers will map the bacterial colonies of a series of well aquifers near Waukesha using cutting-edge metagenomics September 21, 2016 By Aaron R. Conkl...
Switching from Lakes to Streams: Alex Latzka, New Water Resources Policy Fellow
August 22, 2016
August 22, 2016 By Marie Zhuikov Although he grew up in Massachusetts, Alex Latzka fell in love with Wisconsin’s lakes and streams when visiting relatives in his youth. That love l...
Three New Studies Aim to Protect and Better Manage Wisconsin’s Water Wealth
July 28, 2016
Radium, Which Is Source of Waukesha’s Water Troubles, Is One Focus July 28, 2016 By Moira Harrington This month, three new groundwater research projects get underway on three ...
Unraveling the Radium Riddle
July 20, 2016
WRI-funded researchers dig deep to pinpoint the source of Wisconsin’s next big water-quality issue July 20, 2016 By Aaron R. Conklin Over the last several years, the city of W...
Solidifying Stakeholder Engagement
April 5, 2016
Stakeholders don't always embrace or trust groundwater flow models. A team of WRI researchers is set on learning--and addressing--the reasons why. April 5, 2016 By Aaron R. Conklin...
Farewell, Mr. Potter–But Not Goodbye
March 6, 2016
March 6, 2016 By Aaron R. Conklin Last month, the UW-Madison’s Ken Potter closed the book on a 38-year career as a professor of civil and environmental engineering. In just a few s...
On the (Hot)Spot
October 14, 2015
A UW-Oshkosh researcher is charting the spots on Wisconsin's Central Sands streams where ground and surface water interact, leading to denitrification.