Texas A&M University announced last week that it will fund a new interdisciplinary project on urban water security -- "Pathways to Sustainable Urban Water Security: Desalination and Water Reuse in the 21st Century" -- for $1.5M over the next three years. Desalination of seawater and brackish groundwater and wastewater reuse are seen as major technological …
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This past year I had the privilege of working with freshman from the College of Geosciences on a year-long service-learning experience that addressed water security and water provision from a global perspective. In fall, these freshman met once a week to discuss global water challenges and to read a Doc Henley's book Wine to Water: …
The Water Security Initiative, started in the College of Geosciences, is now part of the Provost's Environmental Grand Challenge Program. I am pleased to act as the initiative's program lead, working alongside partners and colleagues who engage in research on the many dimensions of water security. As a Land Grant institution, we also seek to …
Observations from Emily Vandewalle, a graduate student who just completed her MS in Geography and now is off to the Philippines to work with a water NGO.
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