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Gov. Edwards participates in signing ceremony with water research institutes from Israel, Louisiana
Oct 29, 2018BEERSHEBA, Israel (Oct. 29, 2018) – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards convened a meeting of leading international researchers in water management during hi...
Nicholls State University and the Institute sign MOU for future collaboration in water-related research and projects
Oct 9, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. (Oct. 9, 2018) – The Water Institute of the Gulf and Nicholls State University signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday that outl...
Institute and Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris sign MOU for future collaboration
Sep 13, 2018BATON ROUGE, La. (Sept. 13, 2018) – Today, Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris, an engineering university based in Paris, and The Water Institut...
ICYMI: Water Institute to Support Development of Houston's Resilience Strategy
Aug 30, 2018HOUSTON (Aug. 29, 2018) – On Wednesday, Aug. 29, the City of Houston, 100 Resilient Cities, The Rockefeller Foundation and Shell released the followi...
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Wetlands are a natural climate solution
Nov 29, 2018Like all healthy wetlands, the Mississippi Delta was once a carbon sink, an ecosystem that sucks carbon dioxide out of the air and stores it in the gr...
Dutch researchers dig into New Orleans to study subsidence
Nov 15, 2018Peter Vos, a Dutch geologist, finally hit the peaty part of the soil while boring into a vacant lot this week at North Dorgenois and Pauger streets in...
Covington announces emergency response plan
Nov 3, 2018Covington Mayor Mike Cooper announced last week that he had accepted a new plan to better coordinate emergency response and improve public notificatio...
La. delegation in Israel signs agreement that could lead to major developments in flooding, erosion
Oct 29, 2018BE’ER SHEVA, ISRAEL (WAFB) - On Monday, members of the Project Star Delegation signed an agreement that could lead to major research developments in L...