News and Events

May 22, 2025: Tribal Nations, City Officials Partner with CONSERVE to Address Rising Flood Challenges

May 19, 2025: UA’s Brunetz Named Goldwater Scholar for Freshwater Research

May 15, 2025: Machine Learning Model Improves River Flow Estimates in Ungauged Basins

May 14, 2025: UA Researchers Tackle Water Challenges with AWI Equipment Grants

May 6, 2025: New Machine Learning Framework Improves National Water Model Accuracy in Drought-Prone Western Watersheds

May 2, 2025: CIROH Developers Conference Highlights Training, Inclusion and Collaboration for the Next Generation of Water Researchers

April 28, 2025: Water-R2O Program Prepares Next Generation of Water Scientists with Real-World Focus

April 25, 2025: Advancing Weather Monitoring in American Samoa: Bridging Critical Gaps in Forecasting

April 18, 2025: Tuscaloosa, Ala., Emerges as a Global Hub for Hydrological Forecasting at HEPEX Conference

March 24, 2025: UA Researchers Detect ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water with Unique Equipment

March 24, 2025: Alabama Waterways Benefit from United Conservation Network

March 19, 2025: HEPEX at 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Advancing Hydrological Forecasting

February 24, 2025: Alabama Impact: UA Environmental and Ecological Research Serves the State

February 14, 2025: NextGen In A Box (NGIAB): Revolutionizing Hydrological Modeling with a 30-Minute Setup

February 6, 2025: AWI, CIROH Highlight Partnerships at Annual AMS Meeting

January 27, 2025: AWI Leads Marion Water Project, Inspires Future Water Stewards

January 15, 2025: CIROH AT AGU24: Advancing Water Prediction and Hydrology Research

Decemeber 5, 2024: CONSERVE Project to Advance Rivercane Conservation in the Southeast

November 15, 2024: Social Science Meets Hydrology: Bridging Human Insight and Water Innovation

November 14, 2024: CIROH Celebrates R2O Award Recipients at Annual Science Meeting

November 14, 2024: Stands of Resilience: How Rivercane and Indigenous Knowledge Preserve Each Other’s Survival

November 12, 2024: ORED Names First Cohort of Senior Fellows

November 07, 2024: CIROH 2024 Science Meeting: A Collaborative Look Toward The Future of Water Research

October 10, 2024: UA Center to Provide Environmental Analysis to Support National Security

October 04, 2024: CIROH Announces 34 New Research Projects Across 18 Institutions in North America to Advance Water Prediction and Resilience

September 24, 2024: First Alabama Water Institute Faculty Fellows Graduate, Reflect on Program

September 24, 2024: Alabama Water Institute Names Fourth Class of Faculty Fellowship Recipients

September 24, 2024: USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility Offers New Opportunities for UA Faculty

September 24, 2024: AWI Fellow Investigates Greener Solvent for Water Treatment Membrane Manufacturing

September 23, 2024: Hydropower Industry Lost Billions to Drought Over Two Decades

September 20, 2024: 2024 CIROH@UVM All-Hands Meeting

September 13, 2024: Innovative Water Solutions: Graduate Students and Experts Drive the 2024 Summer Institute

September 13, 2024: AI-Powered Water Research: Undergraduate Program Prepares Future Hydrologists

August 28, 2024: Saban Center and Alabama Water Institute Partner to Showcase “Science On a Sphere”

August 14, 2024: USGS, UA Celebrate Opening of World-Class Hydrologic Facility

August 14, 2024: Interactive Map Shows Thresholds for Coastal Nuisance Flooding

August 13, 2024: NSF Supports CIROH Project on Climate Extremes in Gulf Region

August 05, 2024: From Postdoc to Pioneer: Dr. Ryan Johnson’s CIROH Journey Toward Hydrology Leadership

August 01, 2024: CIROH Visiting Scholar Advances Natural Water Hazard Forecasting and Management

August 01, 2024: Equitable Apportionment: The Wave of the Future in Interstate Water Disputes

August 01, 2024: AWI Awards $162,000 in Equipment Support to UA Faculty

July 31, 2024: UA Students Travel Abroad for International Water Research Experience

July 25, 2024: NOAA Sea Grant Awards UA Researchers $2.34M for Marine Debris Prevention

July 01, 2024: Hydrologic AI Forecasting Program Equips Undergraduates with Essential Water Research Skills

July 01, 2024: CIROH Hosts Second Annual Developers Conference

July 01, 2024: CIROH Hosts National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute

June 25, 2024: Cocaine Trafficking Threatens Critical Bird Habitats

May 29, 2024: Dimova Attends ‘Blue Carbon’ Workshop in China

May 29, 2024: CONSERVE Op-ed: Rivercane Ecosystem Stewardship and Cultural Resiliency for the Jena Band of Choctaw

May 29, 2024: CONSERVE Partners with Department of Defense for Networking Initiative

May 29, 2024: Atkinson Honored with Leadership Award from Society for Freshwater Science

May 29, 2024: AWI and UA Host Spring Conference for American Water Resources Association

May 29, 2024: UA Hosts Inaugural Water Observing Technology Forum

May 29, 2024: Freshwater Biology Students Prepare for National Meeting

April 19, 2024: CONSERVE Program Empowers Environmental Stewardship

April 18, 2024: AWI Student Spotlight: Amani Roberson

April 18, 2024: AWI Affiliates Published in Nature Communications UA Researchers Study Urbanization Influence on Snow Precipitation

April 18, 2024: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Scientific Research and Education Network

April 18, 2024: UA Researchers Part of $2.5M National Freshwater Ecosystem Study

February 27, 2024: AWI Spotlight: Kayla Roberson

February 27, 2024: New Initiative to Boost Ecological Education, Conservation in Southeastern US

February 27, 2024: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting

January 30, 2024: CONSERVE, Tribal Communities Work to Preserve Oklahoma Rivercane Ecosystems

January 30, 2024: Data Storyteller Joins CONSERVE Research Group

January 23, 2024: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Geophysical Union Meeting

January 22, 2024: AWI Awards $158,000 in Equipment Support to UA Faculty

January 22, 2024: AWI Interdisciplinary Innovations Program Assists Timely ‘Forever Chemical’ Detection Research

December 14, 2023: Severe Droughts Affect Global Communities and Uncover Artifacts

December 7, 2023: New Southeast Freshwater Science Chapter Emphasizes Ecosystem Conservation

December 7, 2023: Temimi Honored with CIROH R2O Award

December 1, 2023: AWI CONSERVE Research Group Selected to Lead National Preservation Program for Department of Defense

November 14, 2023: UA’s Underwater Robotics Key to Unlocking Secrets of the Past

November 14, 2023: Worlds of Work Introduces Students to Water Careers

October 19, 2023: Project Advancing Tools To Remotely Monitor Water Quality

October 18, 2023: CIROH Hosts Annual Science Meeting in Tuscaloosa

October 17, 2023: AWI’s CONSERVE Research Group Awarded $250,000

October 17, 2023: Coral Researchers Awarded $2M for New Restoration Technology

October 15, 2023: UA Researchers Discover Evidence in Disputed Evolution of Mollusks

October 7, 2023: Black Belt Students Learn Water Research, Treatment

September 21, 2023: UA Professors Get CAREER Boost

September 19, 2023: UA Hosts 89th Annual Malacological Society Meeting Focused on Mollusks

September 19, 2023: Developing the World of Water

September 19, 2023: AWI Partners with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Youth Corps Program

September 15, 2023: First Cohort of UA’s Water Operations and Forecast Graduate Training Program Begins

September 11, 2023: New Director to Oversee Water Research

September 5, 2023: New Computing Center Expands Innovation Opportunities

July 24, 2023: Defense Department Unveils Guidebook for Engaging Tribal Nations

June 26, 2023: UA Student Team Wins EPA Award for Water Quality Assessment

June 26, 2023: Alabama Water Institute, CIROH Researchers Earn Pilot Project Seed Funding

May 18, 2023: UA Faculty and Students Present at Freshwater Mollusk Symposium, Win Award

May 10, 2023: Alabama Water Institute Names Third Cohort of Faculty Fellowship Recipients

May 10, 2023: AWI Awards $110,000 in Research Support to UA Faculty

April 18, 2023: UA’s Global Water Security Center Makes Connections at UN Water Conference

April 13, 2023: National Science Foundation Selects UA Student for Competitive Fellowship

April 11, 2023: UA Biological Researchers Return to Antarctica to Discover, Study New Species

March 9, 2023: AWI, Kentuck Art Center Partner for Tuscaloosa Waterways Exhibit

February 14, 2023: UA Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Investigate PFAS Water Contamination

February 14, 2023: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting

December 16, 2022: UA Researchers Developing Drone-based Underwater Laser Mapping Technology

December 15, 2022: Op-Ed: Pine Hills and Hickory Smoke: Ichuaway’s Living Laboratory at the Jones Center

December 15, 2022: AWI Awards $144,450 in Research Support to UA Faculty

November 17, 2022: UA Hosts Symposium to Address Food and Water Challenges

November 16, 2022: UA Researchers Find Hydroplaning Risks Greater in Southern US

November 15, 2022: AWI Researcher Develops New Snow Model Machine Learning Tutorial

October 21, 2022: UA Center Recognized as Part of National Global Water Security Strategy

October 19, 2022: Alabama’s Water Sapphire Springs Forth

October 13, 2022: U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby Addresses Inaugural CIROH Meeting at UA

October 6, 2022: UA Global Water Security Center to Participate in 2023 UN Water Conference

September 26, 2022: Fedoroff Named AWI Director of Cultural and Water Resources Preservation

September 21, 2022: Testing Florida’s Freshwater Limits for Population Growth

September 21, 2022: UA Young Water Professionals Awarded Student Chapter of the Year

September 19, 2022: Small Wetlands the Focus of UA Effort to Boost Resource Management

September 12, 2022: Interim Executive Director Named for Alabama Water Institute

August 30: 2022: Moradkhani Named Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology

August 19, 2022: UA Research Enterprise Enjoys Remarkable Year

August 2, 2022: UA Researcher Investigates Drivers of Antarctic Ice Retreat

August 1, 2022: Pilot Project to Support Equitable Climate Resilience Along the Upper Mississippi River

July 15, 2022: UA Researchers Highlight Need for Gauges in Intermittent Waterways

July 14, 2022: Alabama Water Institute Names Second Class of Faculty Fellowship Recipients

July 14, 2022: UA Awarded $3M For Graduate Training in Water Operations and Forecasting

June 10, 2022: UA Researchers Develop Chemical Sensors to Detect Antibiotic Overuse in Water

May 16, 2022: UA Researchers to Study Gulf Coast Severe Weather Communications

May 2, 2022: UA Hosts AWRA National Spring Water Conference

April 6, 2022: UA Awarded $360 Million to Lead National Water Effort

January 20, 2022: UA Partners with USGS to Build Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility

January 19, 2022: Krauss Named AWI Director of Research to Operations Communications

December 15, 2021: UA-Led Collaborative Groundwater Effort Awarded NSF Funding

December 14, 2021: AWI Awards $198,500 in Research Support to UA Faculty

December 14, 2021: New Mobile App to Aid Gulf of Mexico Fishermen, Boaters

December 14, 2021: UA Research Enhanced by New Research Software Engineer

October 21, 2021: NOAA Awards Climate Science Funding for UA, Sea Grant Projects

October 20, 2021: UA Researcher Awarded Grant for Imaging Algae in Coastal Waters

October 20, 2021: Department of Defense Water Resilience Fellow Joins GWSC as Associate Director

October 11, 2021: Collaborative UA-Alabama A&M Aquatic Project Awarded National Science Foundation Funding

August 19, 2021: UA Engineering Faculty Receives Fulbright Award

August 12, 2021: Washing Away Nitrogen Through Roadside Ditches

August 10, 2021: UA Researchers Studying Storm-driven Groundwater from Barrier Islands

June 23, 2021: AWI Strategic Plan Addresses Global Water Research and Solutions

June 17, 2021: National Awards for Early Career Research go to Four UA Professors

June 16, 2021: New UA Center to Fill Need for Understanding Water Security

June 14, 2021: UA developing leading-edge radar system for critical water information

June 7, 2021: UA Research to Enhance Flood Resilience of Coastal Communities

May 25, 2021: Alabama Water Institute Names First Faculty Fellowship Recipients

May 21, 2021: UA CyberSeed Program Funds More Campus Research

May 18, 2021: UA Hires Preeminent Alumnus to Advance Water Research Initiative

April 27, 2021: Kocot Honored with UA President’s Faculty Research Award

April 16, 2021: Moradkhani, Pitt to Receive American Society of Civil Engineers Award

April 15, 2021: Moftakhari Awarded Early-Career Research Fellowship

April 14, 2021: UA Researcher Studying Impact of Humankind’s Water Footprint

April 13, 2021: Nearly a Third of Mobile Bay Marshes Gone Since 1980s, Study Finds

April 12, 2021: Alabama Water Institute Awards Multiple Equipment Grants

March 30, 2021: Groundwater Impact on Oceans Cannot Be Ignored, Major Study Finds

March 9, 2021: New UA Stormwater Detention Basin to Ease Flooding and Provide Research Opportunities

March 3, 2021: UA Researcher Awarded Grant for Severe Weather Public Communication Study

February 3, 2021: UA Food Scientist Awarded AWI Grant For Nanofiber Production Equipment

December 11, 2020: UA Professor Receives National Science Foundation Awards for Mussel and Water Research

December 9, 2020: UA Professors Awarded NSF Grant For Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications

November 12, 2020: UA Leading Rural Wastewater Treatment Pilot Program with Grant from Columbia World Projects

November 11, 2020: UA Professor Awarded NSF Grant for Symbiotic Algae and Coral Research

October 28, 2020: A Worldwide View of Water

October 14, 2020: USGS Director Reveals Vision, New Facility Plans for Collaboration with Alabama Water Institute

July 16, 2020: Balancing the Cost of Disasters

July 15, 2020: UA Researcher Studying Link Between Pollutants and Hermaphroditic Fish

July 1, 2020: Rayder to Head Alabama Water Institute

January 29, 2020: AWI’s Flournoy Named 2020 Mirzayan Fellow

January 28, 2020: UA Institutes Working Together for Healthier Lives in Rural Alabama

August 28, 2019: Combating the Harmful Effects of Illicit Supply Networks

August 7, 2019: Alabama Water Institute Interdisciplinary Innovation Program offers funding support for new research

April 29, 2019: Bonizzoni Building Student Success Through Chemistry and Collaboration

April 5, 2019: Formulating a Better Partnership for Water Quality

April 5, 2019: Alabama Water Institute Researchers Prepare for Disasters by Studying Online Behavior

January 3, 2019: Alabama Water Institute offers water research funding support through new bridge program

September 27, 2018: When Lionfish Roar

July 5, 2018: Winning the Water Quality Game