Press Releases
Institute selected for five-year partnership with NOAA to work on Deepwater Horizon restoration efforts
Jul 8, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (July 8, 2019) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has announced the selection of the Institute to par...
Institute begins work on supporting long-term sustainability of the capital area’s groundwater resources
May 30, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (May 30, 2019) – The Water Institute of the Gulf has launched the first phase of a project to support long-term planning for Capital ...
Water expert Henk Ovink visits Louisiana to discuss international best practices for watershed management
May 24, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (May 24, 2019) – Centuries of living below sea level and adapting to changes in climate give the Dutch a unique perspective on living...
Beaux Jones joins the Institute as general counsel
May 17, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (May 7, 2019) – Beaux Jones started as the Institute’s general counsel Monday, bringing with him experience in the government, non-pr...
Institute and regional partners celebrate opening of permanent New Orleans office
Apr 23, 2019NEW ORLEANS, La. (April 23, 2019) – The University of New Orleans and The Water Institute of the Gulf celebrated the Institute’s new home at the UNO R...
Organizations join forces to form Coastal-Hydrologic Consortium
Apr 16, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (April 16, 2019) – Regional water management has become a critical issue not only in Louisiana, but around the country and world. Rep...
Oceanographer Dr. Patricia (Soupy) Dalyander to join The Water Institute
Apr 4, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (April 4, 2019) – Growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Patricia “Soupy” Dalyander loved going to the beach, but it wasn’t unt...
More than 100 water professionals spend the week at The Water Campus taking part in North American Deltares Software Days
Mar 13, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (March 13, 2019) – More than 100 government employees, private consultants, and university researchers from the United States and Can...
The Water Institute of the Gulf welcomes Hugh Roberts as the new Vice President for Engineering
Feb 4, 2019BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 4, 2018) – Hugh Roberts, who spent years with Arcadis working on numerical modeling and resilience issues, will be joining The ...
ICYMI: Institute, Waggonner & Ball, and Royal Netherlands Embassy to work with Charleston on Dutch Dialogues program
Jan 17, 2019CHARLESTON (JAN. 17, 2019) – On Wednesday (Jan. 16, 2019) , representatives from Historic Charleston Foundation, the City of Charleston and the visiti...
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...