On the 30th of October 2025, a team from the Center for Secure Water (C4SW) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign traveled to Peoria Heights, IL to participate in an all-day event organized and led by Ray Lees of the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. The visit brought together local, regional, and academic leaders to address […]
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Laboratory insights into invasive fish species transport in rivers
Understanding the response of aquatic ecosystems to a rapidly changing environment is a challenging task that requires the participation of multidisciplinary teams to understand physical and biological processes across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Through collaboration between civil engineers, hydrologists, and biologists, we have advanced our knowledge on how fish eggs and […]
Support from Amazon Web Services helps researchers prototype flood prediction model for the National Park Service
To improve flash flood response in the Appalachian region, researchers worked with Amazon Web Service (AWS) to prototype a hydrological prediction tool capable of providing the National Park Service flood hydrographs with 18-hour lead times. Led by CEE Department Head Ana P. Barros, the project to develop the model is being made possible through cloud computational […]
Study: ‘Legacy’ phosphorous delays water quality improvements in Gulf of Mexico
The same phosphorous that fertilizes the thriving agriculture of the Midwest is also responsible for a vast “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi Delta. Efforts to reduce the amount of phosphorus that enters the Mississippi River system are underway, but research led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign suggests that remnants of […]
International water resources symposium held at U of I
The 13th Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2023, was held at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) September 24-28. More than 200 delegates from 20 countries included engineers, geologists, ecologists, geomorphologists, biologists, computer scientists, applied mathematicians and water managers – all of whom study coastal, estuary and river processes. Read more.