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February 1, 2019
Arian Aghajanzadeh has been accepted to participate in the Water Solutions Network (WSN) cohort this year. WSN is an immersive learning experience for future leaders in the water sector and we will be assigned to work on a real water challenge in California during this cohort. Based on his research experience in Ag and groundwater, he will be assigned a project in the Tulare basin.
January 28, 2019
About 80 Berkeley Lab scientists gathered at the ALS last week for an “ALS Water-Energy Outreach Forum” to discuss the challenges and opportunities arising from a growing focus on the nexus between water and energy—two resources essential to human populations—and to explore how the ALS can help address key questions in the field. <Read More>
August 9, 2018
Peter Fiske (EESA) wrote a piece published in R&D Magazine on research opportunities in creating sustainable water systems, including a look at water-energy research at the Lab.
August 9, 2018
More than 200 attendees turned out to hear Berkeley Lab scientists speak on their research to develop solutions for a more secure and sustainable water future. With Peter Fiske, director of the Lab’s Water-Energy Resilience Research Institute (WERRI) as moderator, the panel included researchers Dan Miller, Peter Nico, and Chinmayee Subban. Topics covered include advances in membrane technology for ocean desalination; strategies to lower the cost of desalinating brackish groundwater, an under-utilized resource in California; how smart groundwater recharge strategies can help California increase its water supplies. <See Video>
June 25, 2018
Charuleka Varadharajan — a research scientist whose research uses data to inform sustainable water resource management — will speak on the plenary panel for the launch of the California Safe Drinking Water Data Challenge
June 4, 2018
Berkeley Lab scientists, Pouya Vahmani and Andrew Jones, find a cool way to save water.
April 26, 2018
Berkeley Lab researchers Peter Fiske, Erica Woodburn, and Peter Nico appeared on KCRA-TV Sacramento to discuss the challenges with California’s water resources and infrastructure.
March 29, 2018
Recognizing that the issues of water and energy are critically interdependent, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is launching a new research institute to focus resources on its growing portfolio of projects for water innovation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-leaders-sound-alarm-over-global-water-crisis/
March 13, 2018
California, which grows so much of the country’s food, continues to look for new strategies to hedge against drought. Jefferson Public Radio discusses groundwater recharge with Helen Dahlke at University of California-Davis and Peter Nico at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.