UW-W should continue sustainability push
April 23, 2014
April 23, 2014 Royal Purple Editorial Staff Opinion As sustainability has grown in importance in America, more and more institutions push to reduce their waste. Even with this push, some unfortunate statistics still ring true: the equivalent of 50 million barrels of oil was used last year to produce...
UW-W enters global water arena
September 25, 2013
By Lucas Wimmer UW-Whitewater is now one of two schools with the opportunity to work in the global arena of water technology. Student offices now are located in the Institute for Water Business in the newly opened Global Water Center in Milwaukee. The new institute, located at 247 Freshwater...
UW-W offers unique water degree
May 1, 2013
Chesten Kesselhon believes, in an atmosphere of job uncertainty, that his future in the water business in Southeastern Wisconsin is bright. He is the president for the UW-Whitewater Water Council and credits his internship opportunities to the organization. Founded in 2010, it was the...
What is water worth?
November 20, 2012
Water, water everywhere and, according to the water reporting group Circle of Blue, only 2.5 percent of the Earth’s supply is drinkable. The average human body can only survive without water for five to seven days, so a world without clean drinking water would be catastrophic. “We take [water]...
