A significant body of applied water research is already completed, underway, or planned by the Water Center.
Water Center Projects
Investigate opportunities for system integration and program coordination and demonstrate new methods of using collaborative partnerships to manage water, equity and justice issues in the three largest cities of the Lower Susquehanna watershed – Harrisburg, York, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Understand the underlying issues that caused the water failures in Flint, Michigan and determine whether similar conditions exist in other small, post-industrial, and economically shrinking cities in the Great Lakes region of the US.
Provide research, evaluation of existing affordability programs nationwide, technical assistance and policy guidance to the City of South Bend to develop an effective water affordability program for its residents
Provide an initial assessment of Pittsburgh’s State of its Waters and identify the priorities and drivers of the region’s leading water stakeholders. Identify the threats, opportunities, challenges and weaknesses of Pittsburgh’s critical water issues and create a roadmap for a collaborative multi-stakeholder strategic planning process that will improve the quality and access to water resources for all constituents across Pittsburgh’s three rivers.