UL Firefighter Safety – Research engineers with the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) continue work on the DHS2013 Fire Attack Study by developing visual aids to be used in the future ...

In drought-wracked California, efforts to conserve every bit of available water are prompting ambitious solutions. But while the state looks to major infrastructure projects to meet future demand, ...

Discussions about water resources often focus on rivers, streams, and reservoirs. Though unseen, groundwater is also an important source of the water supply. Aquifers, which are water-bearing layers ...

In 1854, Dr. John Snow stopped a cholera outbreak in London by mapping the sick residents’ homes and the locations of the city water pumps. Most people who had fallen ill, it turned out, lived near ...

UC Merced graduate student Lorenzo Booth’s research into more efficient use of water for agriculture has earned him accolades from the American Water Resources Association for not only producing ...

In a significant advancement for hydrological monitoring and water resource management, researchers have developed the Normalized Difference Water Fraction Index (NDWFI), leveraging Landsat imagery ...

The Altoona Water Authority continues to work on mapping its water distribution system with Geographic Information System technology, after completing its yearslong mapping of the wastewater ...

Chemists have developed a new method that allows them to map changes in the dynamics and structure of water molecules in the vicinity of solutes. With this technique, called terahertz calorimetry, ...