WINS was created to catalyze lasting collaborative initiatives that will build and strengthen the growing interdisciplinary expertise around water resources at the University of Minnesota. The Water Resources Center (WRC) assists this effort by providing support for graduate students in the form of supplemental research stipends. WINS leverages resources from the Water Resources Research Institutes program at the USGS.
For questions or more details, contact Sarah Roth.
WINS Projects
Assessing the impact of industrial agriculture on water quantity and quality in the Park Rapids region
Principal investigator: John Nieber
Project topics: hydrology, modeling, water quality, water quantity
Assessing the implications of chloride from land application of manure for Minnesota waterways
Principal investigator: Melissa Wilson
Project topics: chloride, hydrology, modeling
Barriers and opportunities for Tribal participation in the Clean Water Act’s TAS
Principal investigator: Afton Clarke-Sather
Project topics: socioeconomics, water quality
Comparing the Effects of Winter Rye and Oat-Radish Mix Cover Crops in Southern Minnesota Agroecosystems
Principal investigator: Anna Cates
Project topics: agriculture, sediments, soil health, water chemistry, water quality-
Developing a multi-proxy varve chronology at Steel Lake, MN, USA to examine quantitative correlation to local hydroclimate and improve predictive modeling
Principal investigator: Byron Steinman and William Daniels
Project topics: flooding, hydrology, modeling, sediments -
Evaluating the Impacts of Nitrogen Management, Cover Crop, and Living Mulch Schemes on Crop Yield and Water Quality in Minnesota Corn and Soybean
Principal investigator: Fabian Fernandez
Project topics: agriculture, soil health, water quality 
Investigating whether soil health systems improve field workability and quality of life
Principal investigator: Anna Cates
Project topics: socioeconomics, soil health
Nitrogen rate, cover crops, and living mulches: Their impact on irrigated corn and soybean production and the environment
Principal investigator: Fabian Fernandez
Project topics: soil health
Protecting groundwater: An assessment of hydrophysical and social risks
Principal investigator: Amit Pradhananga
Project topics: groundwater, socioeconomics
Sediment-facilitated transport of infectious prions in Minnesota surface waters
Principal investigator: Diana Karwan
Project topics: sediments
Snow hydrology in Minnesota headwater catchments
Principal investigator: Xue Feng
Project topics: hydrology, snow-
Tribal cultural ecosystem values in the Great Lakes Basin
Principal investigator: Mae Davenport
Project topics: water chemistry, water quality 
Urban flood prediction from limited data: a data-model integrated approach
Principal investigator: Kun Zhang
Project topics: flooding, hydrology
Water chemistry and Manoomin health; a snapshot of the Ottertail Watershed
Principal investigator: Cara Santelli
Project topics: water chemistry