Recent Water Center Events

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Water Center and Water News

• Above Average Precipitation Causes Groundwater Level Rises Over Much of State
  There are reasons for cautious optimism as groundwater levels over much of the eastern two-thirds of Nebraska rebounded slightly, due mainly to above average precipitation in 2008 and 2009, according to a report recently released by UNL.
• Spring 2010 Water Seminar Series
  Free, Public Water and Natural Resources Lectures Begin at UNL in January 2010 | Brochure | Videos
• $3.1 million NSF grant to fund innovative UNL grad education program
  UNL is launching an innovative, interdisciplinary graduate education program to prepare future scientists, policymakers and natural resource managers to address increasingly complex global water issues, thanks to a $3.1 million NSF grant.
• Dvorak Named Interim Director
  On Sept. 1, Bruce Dvorak began a yearlong appointment as interim director of the Water Center.
• WRAP Ranks Priorities, Spurs Proposal Development
  Water Resources Advisory Panel ranks their priorities for water quality, water quantity, and basin-specific research.
• Emerging Contaminants in a Flat World
  Alan Kolok often gives lectures to non-scientific audiences, and is continually impressed by the level of sophistication already known regarding emerging contaminants.
• Featured Partner: Nebraska Well Drillers Association
  Since 1929, NWDA has brought together the state’s well drillers, key industry leaders and NU scientists for the benefit of all Nebraska.
• July 2010 Water Tour to North and South Platte Basins
  The tour will tentatively leave Kearney on July 12 and return there on July 15, with stops all along the North and South branches of the Platte River in Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming.
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