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 WRC is assisting by providing support for graduate students in the form of supplemental research stipends. WINS leverages resources from CFANS and 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
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
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