C4SW News
See how the Center for Secure Water is addressing complex challenges and advancing innovative research related to water security & resilience, making an impact on a local and global scale.
- C4SW leadership visits Peoria Lakes to learn about sedimentation and ecological challenges
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… Read more: C4SW leadership visits Peoria Lakes to learn about sedimentation and ecological challenges - Circular Economy for Sustainable Water Management
In this white paper from the Center for Secure Water, Director Ana Barros, Deputy Director Ximing Cai, Managing Director Ana Pinheiro-Privette and Professor Na Wei detail the ways in which circular economy principles can be… Read more: Circular Economy for Sustainable Water Management - Flash Floods: From prediction to protection
Center for Secure Water Director Ana Barros reflects on the devastating Guadelupe River flooding that devastated parts of Texas this summer and offers her thoughts on how AI and weather models can power next-gen flash… Read more: Flash Floods: From prediction to protection - Resilient Mobility through AI: Revolutionizing emergency planning with Digital Twins
Extreme weather events and natural disasters, such as floods and hurricanes, are increasingly disrupting critical infrastructure systems worldwide. Urban transportation networks, which are essential for evacuations, delivering emergency resources, and maintaining connectivity during crises, are… Read more: Resilient Mobility through AI: Revolutionizing emergency planning with Digital Twins - AI’s Challenging Waters
The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is intensifying the water crisis. The data centers required to run large AI models consume vast amounts of power. This significant energy consumption generates large amounts of heat, which in… Read more: AI’s Challenging Waters - 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… Read more: Laboratory insights into invasive fish species transport in rivers - Center for Secure Water (C4SW) to address water stresses current and future
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has launched the Center for Secure Water (C4SW), a new initiative dedicated to pioneering innovative solutions in the water resources sector. The Center seeks to address both current challenges… Read more: Center for Secure Water (C4SW) to address water stresses current and future - 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.… Read more: Support from Amazon Web Services helps researchers prototype flood prediction model for the National Park Service