Alabama Water Institute's $180,640 in grants equips UA researchers with cutting-edge technology to tackle pressing water challenges, from removing "forever chemicals" to developing autonomous monitoring systems. The eight funded projects span multiple disciplines and support AWI's mission to enhance water research capabilities through innovative technology and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
University of Alabama researchers are using the state’s first combustion ion chromatography system to detect “forever chemicals,” in water.
Conservation leaders met at the 2025 Alabama Rivers and Streams Network meeting to coordinate watershed restoration ideas and share project updates.
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The story of rivercane is one of resilience, intertwined with the survival of both ecosystems and the Indigenous cultures that have depended on them. These once lush bamboo forests and grasslands that sustained the landscape, known as “canebrakes,” are now endangered. The rapid decline of this native bamboo species has had lasting consequences on the…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) has announced the award of 34 new research projects aimed at advancing water prediction capabilities and enhancing community resilience. The selected projects, spanning institutions across the U.S. and Canada, represent cutting-edge research in hydrology, data science, community water modeling, decision support, and…
The Alabama Water Institute launched its Faculty Fellowship Program in 2021 to recognize University of Alabama faculty members whose research, extension and education efforts have made significant contributions to advancing UA’s interdisciplinary water-related scientific communities. AWI Faculty Fellows serve as representatives of AWI’s initiatives during their term and help promote the institute across UA, its…
The Alabama Water Institute has selected four faculty members from The University of Alabama to serve as 2024-27 fellows in the AWI Faculty Fellowship Program. The program recognizes UA faculty for outstanding research, extension and education programs that significantly advance UA’s interdisciplinary water-related communities of science. In previous years, each cohort was comprised of two…
The recent opening of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility on The University of Alabama campus marks a significant milestone in advancing water science and technology and presents unprecedented opportunities for UA faculty members to enhance their water research. “The HIF provides unique research capabilities not found elsewhere, including sensor evaluation, calibration and testing…
University of Alabama researchers have identified a more environmentally friendly solvent for membrane manufacturing thanks to equipment funded by the Alabama Water Institute’s CONSERVE Research Group. A total organic carbon analyzer, or TOC, allows researchers to measure the amount of carbon present in a water sample while determining the efficiency of the new greener solvent…
