The Center for Water Research, Current and our 50+ Great Lakes ReNEW partners are one of 16 finalists in the inaugural National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition, keeping our diverse six-state, cross-sector team in the running for a $160M award. Our goals for this project are ambitious: leverage and align the tremendous scientific,
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Please join this week’s EES Seminar with Adam Smith on Friday, April 28 at 2pm in Tech A230. Prof. Smith will discuss “Antibiotic Resistance in the Engineered Water Cycle: Emerging Biotechnologies, Portable Water Reuse, and Surveillance”
Illinois Wastewater Surveillance System receives Chicago Innovation Award! Product makes waves across the state with a new approach to monitoring COVID-19 https://chicagoinnovation.com/winners/discovery-partners-institute/ https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/11/northwestern-chicago-innovation-awards
CoWERC’ s first annual in person meeting was held both remotely and in person at Northwestern University, Chicago and Sde Boquer, Israel on Wednesday, October 19th and Thursday, October 20th. Our lineup of events included individual technical project presentations by both projects leads and students, Lunch at Northwestern University’s Allen Center, Lab Tours, and an
Transboundary water management By Natalia Rodriguez, Alex Perry, Molly Whalen Friday September 16th, 2022 Having visited a number of cultural sites and novel water facilities during our time in Israel, our last stop was EcoPeace Middle East, a nonprofit organization comprised of Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian environmentalists with the common goal of protecting shared water
Israel’s Sweet Water Resource, On the Verge of a Drought By Kayd Bhagat, Emilia McDougal, and Vianey Guadian The Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Kinneret, is one of Israel’s most abundant sources of freshwater. At approximately 53 km (33 mi) in circumference, it is the largest freshwater lake in the country. It is
National Water Carrier By Shyam Chandra, Sara Bhaidani, Charis Lee On September 15th, 2022, our GET Israel trip visited Mekorot, Israel’s national water carrier company that supplies Israel with 90% of its drinking water. More specifically, we visited the national water carrier’s Eshkol and Sapir sites — the pumping and filtration facilities located on the
By Iphigenie Bera, Destiny Lara, Damien Koh Tze-In Introduction: On September 16th, 2022, the Israel GET group visited the Sorek Desalination Plant, the biggest desalination facility in Israel. This trip aimed to gain further insight into Israel‘s water problem and learn about the desalination process in detail. To open the discussion on Israel’s water situation,
Water Management and Water Issues By Peter Pinder and Nikhil Sriram Masada National Park and the Dead Sea Day six was filled with adventure for the group. After spending a restful night in a hostel in Masada, the group began the day with a tour of Masada National Park, spent some time at the Dead