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Sustainable Water Use

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Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals

UN Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

 

UN Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

 

UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water

Learn more about these Global Goals 


Stories related to UMD's Sustainable Water Use Goals

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To Heal the Anacostia, Citizen Scientists Wade Into Troubled Waters

Sep 09, 2024 -- Partnership With Nonprofit Aims to ID, Track Contaminants and Help Improve River’s Health

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To Gauge Maryland’s Drinking Water Quality, Researchers Tap Into the Public

Apr 08, 2024 -- Citizen Science Initiative Will Offer First Statewide Analysis and Database of Drinking Water Contaminants

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Climate Change Is Hurting River Water Quality, New Study Shows

Sep 12, 2023 -- UMD Researcher Who Contributed to Paper Has Seen Local Waterways’ Decline Firsthand

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Device That Harvests Water From Air Named Top UMD Invention of the Year

May 03, 2023 -- Innovate Maryland Event Also Celebrates Work on Plastic Substitutes, Cancer Detection, Quantum Science

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The Modern Battle for Maryland’s Oysters

Oct 19, 2022 -- Student Researchers at UMD Use Robotic Sensing to Study Oysters in the Chesapeake

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Predicting Droughts from Space

Sep 27, 2022 -- Research from the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center Supports Drought Prediction and Monitoring

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Century-old Deep-sea Expeditions Provide New Climate Change Insights

Jul 06, 2022 -- UMD Scientists' Analysis Shows Rapid Rate of Recent Warming in Indian Ocean

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Growing Justice From Grassroots Science

Jun 29, 2022 -- How a Public Health Researcher Is Empowering Marginalized Communities to Fight for Cleaner, Safer Conditions

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The Almighty Cod

Jul 28, 2021 -- In the Shadow of Climate Change and Overfishing, a UMD Researcher Finds Answers for Today’s Oceans in the Centuries-old Bones of a North Atlantic Fish

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