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As water issues in the West endure, Irrigation Innovation Consortium supports industry, university collaborations
For almost five years, the IIC has supported industry-university collaboration to improve irrigation technologies, encourage their adoption and boost effective water management in agricultural and landscape contexts.
CSU researchers launch $1.9 million project for water treatment and reuse using biochar
The team is developing materials that function as chemical sorbents, similar to sponges, for the precise removal and recovery of certain nutrients from municipal and agricultural wastewater.
Water scarcity will require agriculture to tap ‘unconventional’ sources like seawater, wastewater
CSU is a founding partner in a $110 million U.S. Department of Energy research network, the National Alliance for Water Innovation, focused on treatment and reuse technologies for wastewater, seawater and other untapped sources.
Bacteria release climate-damaging carbon from thawing permafrost
Permafrost soils are increasingly thawing out as the Earth becomes warmer.
Oil and gas wastewater used for irrigation may suppress plant immune systems
New research indicates that using produced water from hydraulic fracturing for irrigation could leave crop systems more vulnerable to pathogens.
Exposure to air pollution increases violent crime rates, study finds
A CSU team found strong links between short-term exposure to air pollution and aggressive behavior, in the form of aggravated assaults and other violent crimes.
Growing CSU-led consortium addressing 21st century water challenges
The Irrigation Innovation Consortium's goal is to help farmers and landscapers do more with less, by combining the practical knowledge of industry with the academic expertise of universities.
To save Florida’s oranges, CSU team will study deadly citrus disease
Citrus greening has destroyed acres of crops and cost untold billions in revenue in Florida and across the globe.