The Water Center at Upenn

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    Our Mission

    We support the resiliency, sustainability, and equity of urban water systems by directing applied collaborative research.

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    Strategic Partnership

    The Water Center and WaterNow are working together to more effectively address the nation’s most pressing water issues.

We're Hiring!

The Water Center is hiring for five Graduate Research Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year in the areas of Water Leadership, Water Infrastructure, Water Policy, and Environmental Economics. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. Questions can be sent to emmade@sas.upenn.edu and additional details can be found here. 

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Applied Research

The Water Center uses a community-led research approach, working alongside communities bringing their knowledge and expertise to the solutions addressing their water challenges, sharing power and responsibility, and encouraging them to take the lead in determining priorities, questions to be asked, and the approach to answering those questions.  We share resources, education, training, and applied knowledge to support community goals.

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Give to the Water Center at Penn

We hope that you will help to advance our mission. Please consider showing your support with a direct gift of any amount to the Water Center's dedicated fund.

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