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The Water Institute of the Gulf celebrates 10 years of science and collaboration
Dec 1, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Dec. 1, 2021) – The Water Institute of the Gulf (The Water Institute) is celebrating a decade of connecting public, private, and aca...
Modeling Tool to Evaluate Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies Now Available to the Public
Nov 3, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Nov. 3, 2021) – A new tool, the Energy Policy Simulator (EPS), developed by the non-partisan think tank Energy Innovation, LLC, in c...
New podcast on the importance of measuring environmental and social benefits of nature-based solutions is now available
Oct 20, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Oct. 20, 2021) – A new Engineering With Nature (EWN) Podcast, “Considering and Evaluating the Benefits of Natural Infrastructure,” a...
Legislators from around the south meet at The Water Campus to discuss water management issues
Oct 15, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Oct. 15, 2021) – State legislators from around the south met at The Water Campus this week for The Council of State Governments Sout...
In the News
Louisiana parishes face some of highest flood risk of any U.S. counties, new study says
Oct 18, 2021It will come as no surprise to anyone who’s been caught in a sudden downpour in New Orleans, Lake Charles or many points between. A new analysis layin...
USM Prof, Water Institute Work to Restore Chandeleur Islands
Sep 18, 2021A Louisiana-based research organization and a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi are joining forces in a project to examine how to ma...
Understanding the True Flood Risks of Tropical Cyclones
Sep 13, 2021New research led by IIHR Director Gabriele Villarini, working in cooperation with partners at The Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana State Univers...
How New Orleans’ infrastructure held up to Hurricane Ida
Sep 3, 2021Today, climate-focused infrastructure projects in the US tend to be narrowly defined and managed by one or two agencies. State and local agencies plan...