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Institute named Louisiana’s Innovation and Collaboration Hub at Gov. John Bel Edwards coastal priorities announcement
Feb 20, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 20, 2020) – Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards named the Water Institute of the Gulf as the state’s Coastal Innovation and Collaborat...
ICYMI: Mayor Turner launches the Resilient Houston strategy and signs historic executive order to prepare the city for future disasters
Feb 13, 2020HOUSTON (Feb. 13, 2020) – On Wednesday, Mayor Sylvester Turner released the “Resilient Houston” strategy – a framework to help the Houston mitigate fl...
Water Institute welcomes three new board members and a new science and engineering advisory council member
Feb 5, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 5, 2020) - The Water Institute of the Gulf is honored to welcome three exceptional new members to the board of directors – Dr. ...
ICYMI: Mayor Sylvester Turner is proud to announce the release of the Living With Water Houston report
Jan 31, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Jan. 31, 2020) – The City of Houston released the following about work The Water Institute of the Gulf, New Orleans-based architectu...
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Gov. Edwards announces coastal priorities for his second term
Feb 20, 2020On Thursday, Feb. 20, Governor John Bel Edwards announced his priorities for the state’s coastal program for his second term in office. Edwards says f...
Institute Named Louisiana’s Innovation and Collaboration Hub at Gov. John Bel Edwards Coastal Priorities Announcement
Feb 20, 2020Gov. John Bel Edwards named the Water Institute of the Gulf as the state’s Coastal Innovation and Collaboration Hub as part of his suite of coastal pr...
Learning to be Resilient
Feb 17, 2020Harris Bienn of the Water Institute of the Gulf speaks to an audience including local officials and students from local high schools Monday at a Commu...
Damage to Baton Rouge aquifer 'unacceptable'; groundwater panel must act, report says
Feb 17, 2020The report serves as both a warning to the groundwater panel sometimes criticized as too beholden to the users it regulates and also an encouragement ...