Clean Water and Sanitation

When Madison Olbertz was searching for graduate programs, she wanted to study in a community where she could envision herself living after graduation, a place with unique wilderness character. 

GPS Alliance is pleased to announce the award, as part of its systemwide initiative focused on the SDGs, of approximately $160,000 to eight research projects that align with the UNs’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the U’s strategic priorities and needs identified by communities.  

On December 2, 2022 the Morris Campus Student Association hosted a Sustainability Forum to celebrate the diversity of sustainability activity happening across campus and the community of Morris.

The College of Education and Human Development has launched a college-wide SDG Initiative. 

Researchers at the University of Minnesota and their counterparts in industry are discussing new ways to work together in search of solutions for the mounting problem plastic waste poses across the globe.

An interdisciplinary UMN team is implementing an interdisciplinary, cross-college research traineeship program that aims to better educate students on topics like sustainability, resource conservation and waste reduction.

Troy Goodnough, from University of Minnesota Morris, explores the significance of Morris's new water treatment facility and how lessons learned in Morris could help other MN rural communities. 

Explore how UMD researchers are taking on the challenge of researching microplastics in the environment. 

A paper in the online issue of Nature Communications demonstrates why keeping local lakes and other waterbodies clean produces cost-effective benefits locally and globally.

Of the 600,000 subsurface sewage treatment systems processing over 40 billion gallons of wastewater per year in Minnesota, estimates put 25% of these SSTS on or near shoreland.