IIASA researchers contributed to a new international study that tested the extent to which global water models agree with each other and with observational data. Using a new evaluation approach, the ...

Using water samples and environmental data gathered over 48 hours or less, engineers have developed a new predictive technique for forecasting coastal water quality, a critical step in protecting ...

How does one judge whether a model or a set of models and their results are adequate for supporting regulatory decision making? The essence of the problem is whether the behavior of a model matches ...

Since its beginning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been one of the primary federal agencies responsible for assessing the quantity and quality of the nation’s surface water and groundwater. In ...

While achieving the United Nations (UN) ambitious Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for wastewater treatment would cause substantial improvements in global water quality, severe water quality issues ...

Some water management practices in farming can reduce groundwater pollution and water use while maintaining farm profitability, while others may require financial incentives to be widely adopted, ...

The Nutrient Reduction Strategy was developed as a road map to bring down the level of nitrogen and phosphorus reaching waterways largely from fertilizer applied on farm fields. The Nutrient Reduction ...