Director of the Center for Water Policy, Melissa Scanlan, was featured in The Gazette to discuss the legal, economic and political feasibility of diverting water from the Mississippi River to the arid West as water scarcity becomes more severe. Scanlan… Read More
New analysis from the Center for Water Policy’s Water Policy Specialist Anya Janssen on the impact of numeric standards in Wisconsin’s phosphorus rules was recently featured in the January 2023 Environmental Law Section blog published by the State Bar of… Read More
The Center for Water Policy is seeking a candidate for a two-year funded Water Policy and Science Communications Graduate Student Research Fellowship, while earning a master’s degree from the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Please share… Read More
Director of the Center for Water Policy and author of Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy: Cooperatives and the Design of Sustainable Businesses will be discussing her book with organic farmers. The Central Plains Organic Farmers invited her to meet with… Read More
Research from the Center for Water Policy on directing federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to disadvantaged communities was featured in the December 2022 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer. Follow the link here to read the full article.
Registration for the 2023 Phosphorus Conference is now open! This conference will take a look back on ten years of Wisconsin’s phosphorus rules – analyzing implementation, compliance, and impacts. This conference will connect researchers with water professionals, farmers, producers, policymakers,… Read More
Center for Water Policy Director, Melissa Scanlan will be giving a free and open to the public presentation hosted by Waukesha County Environmental Action League about her book Prosperity in the Fossil-Free Economy on Thursday, November 10th, 2022 at the… Read More
Water Policy Specialist Andrian Lee and Director Melissa Scanlan recently discussed their research on equitable access to safe drinking water and historic investments in water infrastructure with The Conversation. Follow the link here for the full article.
Melissa Scanlan, Director of the Center for Water Policy and Professor at the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences, will be presenting on the public trust doctrine and how DNR water managers implement their public trust duties at the 2022 Love… Read More
The Center for Water Policy welcomes its second cohort of post-doctoral Water Policy Specialists through the UW Sea Grant Water Science-Policy Fellows Program, Andrian Lee and Anya Janssen. We are also pleased to announce Joe Bevington as our inaugural Water… Read More