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A team member holds two water quality sensors used to test for water contamination.

Mortenson Center innovations delivering clean water to more than 16 million worldwide

The Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience at the University of Colorado Boulder is building a new model for global water access, one that is grounded in a deep understanding of why so many past efforts have fallen short.Ìý

Rather than focusing on infrastructure alone, the Center treats clean water as a...

Newman and Gooseff prepare for a day of sampling on a raft.

First-of-its-kind study provides a detailed look at water quality along the Colorado River’s upper basin

Professor Michael Gooseff and collaborators are gathering the first-ever continuous, long-term water quality sample of the Colorado River's upper basin.

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WEF President-Elect Keith Hobson with team members Tess Insalaco, Caroline McClung, Bonnie Brudie, Joaquin Garfias, and Grace Lee.

Students earn third in national competition with design for Denver-area wastewater utility

A team of University of Colorado Boulder environmental engineering undergraduates has earned national accolades for a wastewater treatment project.

Kian Lopez and Anthony Straub in the lab.

Using nanoscale membranes to clean water on the Moon

Anthony Straub is making major advances in water purification technology for industry and human consumption on Earth and in space, with his work on a nanotechnology membrane process taking a major step toward commercialization thanks to a new NASA grant.

Brooke Marten and Prof. Sherri Cook

Grad student turning trash into cash

Brooke Marten is engineering a better environment through high tech solid waste analysis.

Marten just completed her PhD in environmental engineering, focused on what happens to trash after it is carted off to the landfill – and ways to turn it into a valuable product.

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Top 10 Ranking for the Environmental Engineering Graduate Program

U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings for 2025 are out, and the ̽»¨ÊÓƵ Environmental Engineering graduate program is #7 among public universities.

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