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The Water Institute team mourns the passing of Justin Ehrenwerth, President and CEO
May 13, 2023BATON ROUGE, La. (May 13, 2023) – The Water Institute team mourns the passing of Justin R. Ehrenwerth, who led The Water Institute as President and CE...
Northern Gulf of Mexico Blue Carbon Research Working Group Kickoff Meeting
Apr 3, 2023Please join the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Restore America's Estuaries, Stantec, The Water Institute, and Gulf experts fo...
Shelter from the Storm
Mar 8, 2023Southwestern Pennsylvania boasts many attractions, but its weather usually isn’t one of them. In fact, a longstanding population trend is the annual e...
Sea-Level Toolkit: New Guide Helps Planners Prepare
Feb 7, 2023High-tide flooding, as seen here in Miami, is among the effects influenced by sea level rise that coastal managers must prepare for. Image credit: B13...
The Pod with Justin Ehrenwerth
Nov 18, 2022Justin R. Ehrenwerth was appointed the second President and CEO of The Water Institute of the Gulf in January 2017. Prior to joining the Institute, Eh...
Living the Dream: I Predict & Prevent Natural Disasters: Colleen McHugh, Senior Adaptation Planner
Nov 8, 2022The best part of my job is working closely with public sector partners and community stakeholders who are doing the direct work of policymaking and pr...
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Roadmap for Nature-Based Solutions to Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Communities, and Support Local Economies
Nov 8, 2022As part of COP27, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a roadmap for Nature-Based solutions, to fight climate change, strengthen communities and ...
The Water Institute of the Gulf working to restore coastal environments in Louisiana and beyond
Sep 28, 2022You may be familiar with The Water Campus on River Road next to downtown Baton Rouge. Well thanks to the technology, scientists and researchers there,...
Our Views: Louisiana economy will grow because of tourism, if we take care of business
Sep 26, 2022Visiting researchers into diabetes held a special part of their meeting with world-class researchers into the disease at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical R...
US funds help La’s Water Institute develop early warning shoaling along the Lower Mississippi
Sep 26, 2022The Water Institute of the Gulf is harvesting depth sounding data from a fleet of tugs working in Louisiana’s stretch of the Mississippi River so as t...
Protecting Capital Region’s aquifer could include reducing industrial use by 90%
Sep 16, 2022Efforts to protect the aquifer that provides much of the Capital Region’s drinking water could include working with industry to reduce its groundwater...
Saving Louisiana's coast may require more digging in the deep sea. Here's why.
Sep 7, 2022If Louisiana wants its expensive coastal restoration projects to last longer and cost less over time, it should seek out a higher quality building mat...