UA Partnering with MSU, AU on Water Resource Issues

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Researchers from The University of Alabama, Mississippi State University and Auburn University are formally collaborating to advance water resource issues in their respective states and around the globe.

Representatives from each institution recently signed a memorandum of agreement to advance various water issues, including interdisciplinary water science, policy and law research, economic development, ecosystem management and capacity building.

“Working together with our collaborators is the best approach to solving the complex water issues our society faces,” said Dr. Carl A. Pinkert, UA vice president for research and economic development. “We look forward to a long-term partnership that draws from the interdisciplinary strengths of each campus.”

UA’s role in the collaboration will be led by its Water Policy and Law Institute.

“Each university has long-standing research programs in various water-related issues and, through this agreement and in future collaborations with state and federal governments, the private sector and others, we seek to broaden our impacts,” said Dr. Bennett Bearden, director of the UA Water Policy and Law Institute.

Additional areas outlined in the agreement as targets for collaboration are:  environmental issues; integrated water resources; agricultural water and agribusiness considerations; watershed management, water quantity and quality concerns; and river basin management and sustainable water development.