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Faculty Reports and Comments related to Keystone XL Pipeline

Latest USGS Report on Water-Level Changes in the High Plains Aquifer Now Available

January 25 Spring Water Lecture
David Maidment will present "The Future of HydroInformatics for Managing Water" Download the abstract and more information for this lecture

Missouri River Water Tour Planning Progresses
Plans are progressing for this summer's Water and Natural Resources Tour that will visit some of last year's flooded areas of the Missouri River basin July 17-19.

Weber's Research Gets Water Center Impact Award
A research project aimed at studying the movement of uranium-bearing minerals in groundwater with an eye toward improving water quality has been selected the winner of the Nebraska Water Center's first "Impact Award" which also nominates it for the National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR) national impact award.

Reuse of Municipal Wastewater Has Significant Potential to Augment Future U.S. Drinking Water Supplies
With recent advances in technology and design, treating municipal wastewater and reusing it for drinking water, irrigation, industry, and other applications could significantly increase the nation's total available water resources, particularly in coastal areas facing water shortages, says a new report from the National Research Council.

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Links to Images of Recent Flooding and Flood Damage on the Missouri River
The following links to recent flood and flood damage photos of the Missouri River basin were provided via John Wilson, UNL Extension Educator in Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska.

Extension Offers Flood Resources Website
A new University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension website at http://flood.unl.edu/ gathers news and information to help Nebraskans deal with the 2011 flood.

Global Water for Food Institute website

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Featured Faculty and Staff

Over 170 UNL faculty and staff work on water-related issues. They are in many units; and work collaboratively across disciplines, including the public and private sector, to address real-world water problems facing Nebraska, the U.S. and the world. We are pleased to feature:

John Gilley John Gilley is an agricultural engineer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service and adjunct professor (100% research appointment) in the UNL’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering since September 1982 | Learn more about John.
Tala Awada Tala Awada is an associate professor in the UNL School of Natural Resources, where she has been an SNR faculty member for the nine years. Her areas of research interest include grassland/forest ecology, plant ecophysiology, water relations and gas exchange | Learn more about Tala.
Cody Knutson Cody Knutson is a research assistant professor, water resources scientist and leader of the NDMC Planning and Social Science Program at UNL. NDMC is part of UNL’s School of Natural Resources. Knutson has been an NDMC faculty member since 2004 and was previously a professional staff member since 1997 | Learn more about Cody.
Chris Thompson Chris Thompson is a research economist in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Agricultural Economics and has been with the department for three years. | Learn more about Chris.
Martha Shulski Martha Shulski directs the High Plains Regional Climate Center at the UNL and is an assistant professor of applied climate science in UNL’s School of Natural Resources since August 2009 | Learn more about Martha.
Greg Kruger

Greg Kruger joined University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an assistant professor and cropping systems specialist in UNL’s Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte early this year. | Learn more about Greg


Featured Research

The Water Center helps facilitate, fund and publish a wide variety of water and water-related research involving NU researchers from many scientific disciplines. We are pleased to feature:


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Spring Lecture Series

Registration open for the 2012 North American Invasive Plant Ecology and Management Short Course.

Missouri River Learning Adventures Offered through OLLI and Water Center
(Please note that the January OLLI course, #305, is already full. Course instructor Bob Kuzelka is maintaining a waiting list, please contact him for availability)