Western Illinois University environmental science program works to tackle water shortage

Two WIU Environmental Science doctoral students, Dave Thomas and Sam Babatunde work to fulfill immediate water needs. Posted by Lexi Yoggerst, West...

November 9, 2022
12:00 AM

Two WIU Environmental Science doctoral students, Dave Thomas and Sam Babatunde work to fulfill immediate water needs. Posted by Lexi Yoggerst, Western Illinois University's Office of University Communications & Marketing. Contributed Environmental scientists at Western Illinois University have worked to help stakeholders better understand renewed proposals to divert the Mississippi River to supplement the Lower Colorado River Basin's water supply.'As water levels continue to go down in the Colorado River and the Mississippi River basins, I suspect this issue will continue to be of interest to people from across the nation,' said WIU Environmental Science: Large River Ecosystems Director Roger Viadero.

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