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  MSU scientists study how to increase water-, nutrient-use efficiency in greenhouses, nurseries

  Published on September 18, 2024
  Tom Fernandez, a professor in the Department of Horticulture, has conducted extensive research on how to efficiently irrigate plants in greenhouses and nurseries. His newest project examines how to effectively treat water after it’s used in production.

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  Examining -- and watching -- China’s water strategy

  Published on March 22, 2013
  Water -- especially the lack of it -- is emerging as the next global imperative, and China is center on the world’s stage of devising plans and policies to provide enough water to survive and thrive.

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  PhD student researches unconventional water sources for nursery crop irrigation

  Published on December 18, 2019
  Shital Poudyal's work aims to lower the environmental footprint and increase overall sustainability of nursery-grown trees.

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  Michigan Clean Water Corps to be administered by MSU through new $1.7 million grant

  Published on September 30, 2020
  The Michigan Clean Water Corps, a statewide network of volunteer programs for monitoring lake and stream water quality, will now be administered through MSU with a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

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  MSU, GVSU join forces to address water challenges

  Published on January 29, 2019
  Michigan State University has formalized a partnership with the Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute of Grand Valley State University to work together on water-related issues.

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  MSU researcher receives USDA grant to develop improved drainage systems for farms

  Published on November 16, 2020
  Ehsan Ghane, assistant professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, will lead a three-year, $614,000 USDA grant to implement drainage systems that will improve water quality on farms.

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  How to access water withdrawal information post-2008 from the MIWATT (Michigan’s Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool) website.

  Published on February 20, 2025
  Michigan’s Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool (MIWATT) data can be helpful when looking at nearby withdrawals or checking on a withdrawals status is unknown.

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  MSU researchers helping low-volume meat processors determine wastewater treatments

  Published on August 28, 2024
  Two projects to help small meat processors manage wastewater have been funded by the Michigan Alliance for Animal Agriculture.

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  Collaborating with farmers to help protect streams and rivers in Michigan

  Published on July 1, 2020
  The MSU Institute of Water Research provides research, tools and partnerships that help farmers with environmentally safe water management.

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  Lark joining MSU through Agricultural Resiliency Program to address land use challenges facing today’s farmers

  Published on June 11, 2025
  Tyler Lark, an expert in land use change and sustainable agriculture, will become an assistant professor at MSU in August 2025.

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  Using plants and microorganisms to create sustainable ecosystems

  Published on February 4, 2021
  Dawn Reinhold, associate professor in the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, researches how duckweed inoculated with microorganisms can remove pollutants from an ecosystem.

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  Global Water Pathogens Project awarded $1.6 million to put research into practice

  Published on May 3, 2018
  The Global Water Pathogens Project will be supported in part by a new three-year, $1.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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  MSU researcher examines relationship between water infrastructure, economic development in rural U.S. communities

  Published on September 4, 2024
  Stephen Gasteyer, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, is gaining deeper insight into the gap in U.S. water access by analyzing the link between water infrastructure and economic development in rural U.S. communities.

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  Newly published research by MSU scientists shows how low levels of water contamination impact fish behavior and survival

  Published on September 25, 2024
  Findings were published in Environmental Science & Technology and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

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  New Agricultural Climate Resiliency Program funds four projects

  Published on April 22, 2024
  Each project will be supported at roughly $1.25 million over three years.

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  MSU researcher hired through Agricultural Resiliency Program working to improve water quality in Michigan

  Published on May 21, 2025
  Subhasis Giri has joined the MSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.

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  Joan Rose presents interactive exhibit on water and health at Science Gallery Detroit

  Published on October 10, 2019
  What do you know about water & health? This was the question posed by Joan Rose, Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, to thousands visiting the most recent Science Gallery Detroit exhibit – DEPTH.

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  MSU announces new Center for PFAS Research

  Published on May 20, 2020
  The Center for PFAS Research brings together faculty from across Michigan State University to study the health and environmental issues around PFAS chemicals.

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  MSU professor leads the way on PFAS research

  Published on February 12, 2021
  Studying the effects of contaminants on fish populations

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  Michigan plant leaders play key role in new climate resiliency program

  Published on May 29, 2024
  Leaders from the Michigan Plant Coalition began discussions in 2016 on ways their industries could prepare for challenges brought upon by climate change.