Latest Past Events

Freshwater Colloquium – Tracking and Modeling Pathogens in Water Systems: From Watersheds to Wastewater Treatment

School of Freshwater Sciences Ballroom, First Floor 600 E Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee

Tracking and predictive modeling of pathogens in aquatic systems can be used to assess recreational water quality, inform public health decisions through wastewater surveillance, and identify problematic conditions in wastewater treatment plants that may lead to effluent discharge challenges. This …

Freshwater Colloquium – Changing Global Water Tables Over The Past 21,000 Years

School of Freshwater Sciences Ballroom, First Floor 600 E Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee

Although groundwater and lakes are vital freshwater reservoirs, little is known about how their storage volumes or regional distributions change in the long term. In this talk, I will share results from a global-scale transient simulation of the global water …

Freshwater Colloquium – Troubled Waters: Impacts of Emerging Contaminants on Early Life Stages of Fish

School of Freshwater Sciences Ballroom, First Floor 600 E Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee

Historically, ecotoxicological toxicity studies were conducted with limited connections to human health. The field of environmental toxicology has recently embraced a "one health" approach, with increased focus on understanding the underlying mechanistic effects to improve species extrapolation. While many are …