Research Publications

In the fall of 2008, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Water Bureau Director established a wet weather program designed to improve the understanding of rules, policies and regulat...

In the fall of 2008, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MI DEQ) Water Bureau Director established a wet weather program designed to improve the understanding of rules, policies and regu...

This study uses life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology to quantify life-cycle energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste generation and water use for delivering drinking water to consumer h...

"The Provision of adequate fresh-water resources for people and ecosystems will be one of the most critical and potentially contentious issues facing society and governments at all levels during the 2...

In April 2008 the University of Michigan and the University of Zambia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that approved a cooperative agreement to foster the development of a collaborative rese...

The Zambezi River Basin is home to 40 million people who rely on the river for drinking water, fisheries, irrigation, hydropower production, mining and industry, ecosystem maintenance, and other uses....

This study documents the energy intensity and environmental impacts from operation of water and wastewater treatment systems through case-studies in US. Life-cycle energy and impact assessments were c...

Water is essential for the production of food and energy, human and ecosystem health, and much more.  Our clean water needs range from the water we drink to the water we use to wash clothes.&nb...

In 1989, the U.S. EPA and the then Michigan Department of Natural Resources (now the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality) issued orders to compel communitiesand counties discharging wet weath...

On October 16, 2003 the Secretary of Interior, Gale A. Norton, signed the Quantification Settlement Agreement in Boulder City, Nevada. This constitutes a milestone agreement for water allocation in...

Terrorists’ acts have demonstrated the vulnerability of infrastructure systems. Until and unless the root causes leading people to undertake these terrorists’ acts are addressed and mitigated, one ...

Through discussion of causative factors and examination of historical data, petrochemical spill prevention in US waters is reviewed. Unintentional petrochemical outflow is analyzed in a comprehensive ...

Invasive species pose a serious environmental threat to this country and countries all around the world. Global commerce essential to the economic well being of the citizens of the world provides impo...