by krpleas | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog
By Simon Richter Class of 1942 Endowed Term Professor, Perry World House Faculty Fellow, and Penn Institute for Urban Research Faculty Fellow January 5, 2022 I couldn’t believe my eyes, but there it was on LinkedIn for everyone to see: Sacha Stolp, the Director of...
by agaray | Nov 11, 2021 | Blog
By Tony Sauder Senior Advisor The Water Center at Penn November 11, 2021 Climate change science predicts sea level rise and increased frequency of extreme events like droughts and storms. The importance of groundwater management in arid or drought prone regions is...
by agaray | Nov 1, 2021 | Student Showcase
By Meg Maffitt Director of Strategic Development The Water Center at Penn The Water Center and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are pleased to announce Maura Slocum, Earth & Environmental Science PhD Program, as the recipient of the Kirpich Research...
by agaray | Oct 28, 2021 | Inside The Water Center
By Miriam Hacker PhD Senior Research Implementation Lead The Water Center at Penn Interest in the United State’s water and wastewater infrastructure has been renewed with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. While interest fluctuates, the challenges remain: aging...
by agaray | Oct 28, 2021 | Faculty Opinions
By Ocek Eke, PhD Director of Graduate Students Programming at Penn Engineering University of Pennsylvania I remember going to a march in Washington DC in the spring of 2006 to protest the genocide by the Sudanese government against the people of Darfur. This march was...
by agaray | Oct 28, 2021 | Professional Perspectives
By Aaron Tartakovsky, Co-Founder and CEO Epic of Cleantec Michael Warandy, President and Co-founder at Sylmar Group Eric Hough, Chief Commercial Office of Epic Cleantec Droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather have exacted a devastating toll on the southwestern United...
by agaray | Oct 28, 2021 | Alumni Views
By Jon Freedman Senior Vice President-Global Government Affairs at SUEZ WTS & SUEZ North America Wharton ’91 Much of the U.S. is experiencing hotter and drier weather as a result of climate change, leading to heightened water scarcity issues. This has placed...
by agaray | Oct 28, 2021 | Student Voices
By Anna Lehr Mueser PhD candidate in the History and Sociology of Science University of Pennsylvania Between 1907 and 1965, New York City acquired a vast amount of land in the Catskill Mountains and constructed one of the United States’ largest unfiltered surface...
by agaray | Sep 27, 2021 | Student Showcase
August 2021 Contributors: Rajratna Sardar, Tufts University Erica DePalma, Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania Miriam Hacker, Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania Introduction This report examines the water affordability programs of public...
by agaray | Aug 25, 2021 | Student Showcase
Robert Fetell, a Water Center MES/MSAG grant recipient, published an op-ed in the Miami Herald about how his hometown of Miami Beach is being impacted by climate change. “The tragic Surfside condo collapse is a stark reminder of the fragility of our seaside...
