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The WRC encourages research focused on water related issues, and it promotes working research partnerships and student involvement. The Water Resources Center sponsors a biennial competitive grants program and also conducts research with grant funding received from outside agencies. The WRC maintains an active research program based on grants obtained from outside agencies by or in association with WRC staff. Also, the WRC is responsible for managing grant money for projects conducted by Minnesota faculty.

Water Resources Center research encompasses several major topics: animal waste management; climate change; environmental restoration; fate, transport, and impacts of contaminants, nutrients and water quality; water policy and economics; watershed management; water treatment. Use the search to find titles or individual researchers.

Topic Areas

Animal Waste Management
Climate Change
Drinking Water and Human Health
Environmental Restoration
Fate, Transport, and Impacts of Contaminants
Nutrients and Water Quality
Water Policy and Economics
Water Treatment
Watershed Management