Nov 18, 2021
Walnut Creek Wetland Community Partnership strengthens community ties through summer and fall engagement initiatives.
Nov 8, 2021
North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute’s Community Collaborative Research Grant program is now accepting proposals.
Oct 29, 2021
Above: Ryan Bowen, Crystal Alford and Yvonne Adams participate in a stormwater cleanup and storm drain labeling event organized by Our Voice, Our Water in Historic Washington Heights in Charlotte, North Carolina. By Cameron Miller Community groups in several Charlotte neighborhoods have joined Johnson C. Smith University’s Bryan Patterson to tackle long-term stormwater issues. Partners…
Jul 7, 2021
Six new projects in North Carolina are launching this year with support from the Community Collaborative Research Grant program. Projects explore topics including wastewater treatment, mussels, youth training and more.
Jul 1, 2021
By Justin Lindemann “We are pleased to see our funding partners join us again in support of a diverse lineup of important projects from up-and-coming researchers,” notes John Fear, deputy director for the state’s Sea Grant and Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) programs. “With research focusing on chemicals of concern, factors for erosion, a variety…
Apr 22, 2021
Graduate student researcher, Arpit Sardana, tested whether sunlight alone can break down contaminants in wastewater.
Mar 11, 2021
Olya Keen, Ph.D. is interested in emerging contaminants and different treatments that can better our drinking water quality.
Mar 9, 2021
On a cold November morning and while holding his mud caked shovel, a local workforce training crew member, Kameron, reflected, “I remember talking about how to manage invasive species in one of my college biology classes, but I never received any hands-on experience, and didn’t know how much work invasive management is. Now I know…
Nov 12, 2020
By Justin Lindemann Daniel Obenour, an environmental engineer and associate professor in North Carolina State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is interested in very complex water-quality dynamics. He is working to develop probabilistic models that enhance our ability to comprehend and manage complicated environmental systems. These models help combat the nutrient pollution…
Aug 10, 2020
Guest post by Olivia Vilá Olivia Vilá is a doctoral student at North Carolina State University and a 2019-20 joint NC WRRI – North Carolina Sea Grant graduate research fellow. Before I begin, I would like to highlight two distinct points I hope to get across by the end of this post. There should be…
