(Photo by Shelly Hanks, WSU Photo Services).Several volcano eruptions were witnessed on campus recently. Water volcanoes that is…Geology students watched simulations of how a volcano’s pressure builds up and releases energy, sending a trail of water about 30 feet high in the air. According to Kurt Wilkie, an instructor in the Geology department, Geology 101 uses the water […]
PULLMAN – Efforts to design nuclear waste facilities should take into account the tendency of plutonium to attach itself to tiny particles called colloids that are suspended in the groundwater, according to a new study by an international research team that included Washington State University chemist Sue Clark and scientists from Moscow (Russia) State University, […]
(Photos by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo Services, and Robert Frank)Okay, it’s been 30-59 years and the dust is about 16-17 inches deep. It’s time to clean.Trouble is, the room is 114 X 114 feet in size and the dust has settled underwater, so divers are needed. (Photo: Richard Peterson shows diving helmet equipped with lights […]
While many students enter college wondering “What’s in it for me?” WSU’s “Self in Society” learning goal challenges faculty members to send students out into the world with a different question to ponder: “How can I contribute?” The tough question is, “What does that look like when it comes to curriculum?” In Rick Gill’s Environmental […]
“Water: Oil of the Future?” is the topic of the annual Lanning Lecture by James H. Clark at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in Carpenter 102. Sponsored by the College of Engineering and Architecture, the lecture is funded by alumnus Jack Dillon in honor of his late wife, Frances Lanning Dillon. Clark is the Los […]
The regional director for Church World Service will speak at WSU on March 7. The presentation’s goal is to raise awareness about international sustainable development.Lynn Magnuson, who has over 25 years of experience working with ecumenical-interfaith groups, will specifically address global poverty, HIV/AIDS, clean water, fair trade and peace-building.The presentation will take place at 7 […]
The number one water quality problem in the nation is the billions of gallons of untreated stormwater that annually flow into streams and rivers, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Strategies used by municipalities and homeowners to manage stormwater will be the fourth broadcast in the Pacific Northwest Regional Water Quality Program’s watershed issues […]
Since the mid-1980s, Washington State University has decreased the amount of water it pumps from the Palouse region’s deep aquifer from about 700 million gallons annually to about 600 million gallons annually, despite a growth in enrollment and facilities on the Pullman campus. <br><br>University officials attribute the decrease to multiple campus water conservation strategies, including […]
It’s the end of a hit, dry summer on the Palouse, and about 20,000 students, faculty and staff have returned to campus. Imagine the amount of water they consume by drinking, cooking, showering, laundering and flushing. Do you picture the water table dropping? If so you will be surprised to learn that when the students […]
By Larry Ganders Government Relations More than 1.3 million gallons of water per day could be reclaimed and treated to protect a declining Palouse water table if a capital construction project proposed by Washington State University and the City of Pullman receives legislative approval in the 2003 legislative session. The proposal, funded for predesign by […]