APPLYING SCIENCE TO HELP COMMUNITIES PREPARE FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE

The Water Institute is an independent, non-profit, applied research institution advancing science and developing integrated methods to solve complex environmental and societal challenges. We believe in and strive for more resilient and equitable communities, sustainable environments, and thriving economies.

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INTEGRATED SCIENCE FOR DECISION SUPPORT

Coastal regions are confronting complex, diverse, and interconnected challenges, including the impacts of sea-level rise, land loss, subsidence, environmental degradation, and increases in storm frequency and intensity. Communities, businesses, ecosystems, and essential infrastructure in these regions are facing substantial and growing hazards and risks. The Water Institute works to provide the best available science and decision making support to enable stakeholders to analyze, manage, and reduce risks.

Community Resilience Center at The Water Institute

The Community Resilience Center at The Water Institute (Center) works with partners, stakeholders, and local communities to enhance and expand climate resilience equitably among individuals and communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

The work helps communities move beyond assessment and study of risk towards an exploration of strategies that can be implemented across individual, neighborhood, municipal, state, and federal levels.

Recent Project
Advancing Coastal Resilience Through Public-Private Partnerships in Walton County, FL

Like many coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico, northwest Florida has been experiencing flooding exacerbated by sea level rise, as well as tropical storms, heavy rainfall events, and man-made impediments that are becoming more frequent and severe. ...

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Louisiana's wetlands are priceless. This team is calculating what they're worth to the climate.

Louisiana has more than three million acres of wetlands, vast expanses that teem with animals, trees, swamps, water and wildness. They're part of the state's culture, its lifestyle, its tourism industry and its sense of itself. Many residents and visitors see them as pr...

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Recent Report
Borrow Pits on Estuarine Sediment Dynamics, Barataria Bay, Louisiana

The report summarizes the analysis to evaluate the consequences of borrowing sediment from inter-distributary bays in the Mississippi River Delta Plain (MRDP), specifically in Barataria Bay. The report details the model development methods, scenarios...

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