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Sustainability Lab well represented at Utah Water Users Workshop
Four CCE Sustainability Lab members spoke at the Utah Water Users Workshop in St. George, Utah, last month. The event drew hundreds of water professionals from around the state.
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Symposium celebrates 50 years of Safe Drinking Water Act
The program included faculty and industry speakers, student posters, and lab tours.
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Braxton Porter passes thesis defense
His research can help incentivize actions to prevent water quality degradation from wildfires.
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Annelise Capener passes thesis defense
Her research demonstrates how remote sensing can support urban irrigation analysis, even when water use is unmetered. The findings may eventually lead to more automated feedback for water users and more targeted water conservation activities by water suppliers.
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Sustainability Lab Hosts Interdisciplinary Workshop on Poverty in Nepali Brick Kiln Communities
Students and faculty from the Sustainability Lab, joined by an interdisciplinary group of academics and practitioners, discuss air quality, education, and infrastructure in Nepal's brick kiln factories. The event was co-hosted by the Ballard Center for Social Impact and is part of a larger initiative to understand and address the complicated and interconnected challenges of poverty.
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Study reveals cost, energy needed to pump Pacific Ocean water into Great Salt Lake
A new study by BYU engineers shows just how much it will cost, and how much energy it will take, to save the Great Salt Lake by pumping water in from the Pacific Ocean.
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Addressing Interrelated Challenges of Poverty in Nepal
An interdisciplinary team seeks to understand the challenge of poverty in the brick kilns of Nepal, and finds that community members hope to improve air quality, critical infrastructure, and education.
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Analysis of Irrigation by Remote Sensing (AIRS) supports water sustainability
On urban parcels in particular, irrigation is difficult to measure and manage because of so many variables in landscape size, shape, quality, and water use behavior. Annelise Capener, a graduate student in the Sustainability Lab, is studying how remote sensing can help.
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How do drinking water utilities use artificial intelligence?
“AI is just one of many tools a water utility may choose to use, and although many currently choose not to, they are open to the idea,” BYU researchers say.
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Andrew South receives Experiential Learning Award
Civil and Construction Engineering professor Dr. Andrew South was selected as the College of Engineering recipient in BYU's 2023 Experiential Learning Awards.
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