Colorado Stormwater Center project demonstrates attractive options for turf replacement
The Colorado Stormwater Center is providing the resources homeowners need to adapt their landscapes to use less water.
Tag: "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering"
CSU, Israeli experts address sustainable agricultural water issues in workshop
Engineers and scientists from Colorado State University and Israel joined with policy experts at a workshop in May to collaborate on solutions for sustainable agricultural water.
CSU environmental engineers developing tool to sustainably clean water using microbes
Researchers Susan De Long and Neha Sachdeva are creating a molecular tool to find and measure bacteria that could be key to cleaning our water and protecting human and ecosystem health.
Researchers develop new approach to discover pervasive ‘forever’ chemicals known as PFAS
A team including several CSU researchers is using one of the most powerful chemical analysis instruments in the world to characterize and catalog thousands of chemical compounds in the PFAS family, so future studies can find solutions to health and environmental impacts.
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.
InTERFEWS program training leaders to solve problems in food, energy, water systems
The NSF-funded program brings together students and faculty who are interested in studying food, energy and water issues and the many ways in which those systems affect each other.
CSU partners in $15M NSF project pursuing sustainability, equity and resilience in U.S. West
An interdisciplinary group of CSU researchers is part of a $15 million National Science Foundation research network that will study three regions impacted by catastrophic wildfires, declining water supplies and rapid urban population growth.
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.
Extension internship takes Mechanical Engineering student back to CSU's roots; application period opens January 19
The application period for CSU Extension internships, which give students applied research opportunities, opens January 19.