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Water quality

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Past Phosphorus Runoff Causes Present Oxygen Depletion in Lakes

by David Shultz 24 July 201520 April 2022

Sediment cores show how phosphorus pollution in the 1950s led to current, inherited hypoxia in lakes in the Alps.

Posted inNews

D. C. Project Aims to Cut Most Storm Water Runoff Problems

by Randy Showstack 23 January 201527 October 2022

The Clean Rivers Project aims to dramatically reduce combined sewage overflows into D. C.’s waterways, improving water quality while also promoting resilience to climate change.

Posted inNews

Underground Water Reserves Found in Hawaii's High Country

by L. Willoughby 23 January 20157 March 2022

The newly discovered groundwater resource could be a source of geothermal energy in a place where electricity rates are the highest in the United States.

Posted inScience Updates

Remote Sensing of Water Quality: Bridging Operational and Applications Communities

by Christine M. Lee, T. Orne and B. Schaeffer 30 September 20146 June 2022

How Can Remote Sensing Address Information Needs and Gaps in Water Quality and Quantity Management?; Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 April–2 May 2014

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