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.
Current projects
Completed projects
Investigating whether soil health systems improve field workability and quality of life
Anna Cates | Dept. of Soil, Water and Climate
This project assessed the soil response to rainfall under different management systems (e.g., soil moisture and soil structure, such that soil may bear equipment despite high moisture levels). Estimated field working days and their economic impacts with SHMS and conventional systems, and explored the importance of field working days for farmer quality of life and stress levels.
Assessing the impact of industrial agriculture on water quantity and quality in the Park Rapids region
John Nieber | Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
There is a need to quantify the impact of intensified agricultural production on the quantity and quality of surface waters and groundwater. The present study had the objective to make such a quantification.
Nitrogen Rate, Cover Crops, and Living Mulches: Their Impact on Irrigated Corn and Soybean Production and the Environment
Fabian Fernandez | Dept. of Soil, Water and Climate
The objectives of the original study were to evaluate under these cropping systems and cover crop arrangements the effect of nitrogen (N) rate on grain yield and nitrate-N leaching concentration and load.
Snow hydrology in Minnesota headwater catchments
Xue Feng | Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
This study aimed to fill a critical knowledge gap by understanding snow dynamics in headwater catchments in the U.S. Midwest, which is governed by entirely distinct climate, soil, and topographic controls.