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Goals for 2008:

The proposed 2007-08 plan is:

a.       Advance the technical capability of continuously monitoring and sensing low levels of chemical and biological contaminants

b.       Increase the number of externally funded projects

c.       Formation of NWI Users Group (Wastewater Treatment Plant User's Group)

d.       Develop PWI Laboratory

e.       Develop certificate programs in the areas of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Water Security for current professionals as well as students

f.        Designing an early warning system to protect against potential threats to critical water facilities and distribution systems.

g.       Continue to develop a certificate program in Integrated Water Resource Management for training professionals and interested technical workforce on basic and advanced tools and technologies

May 23, 2007
PWI/BP Lecture Series
Click here to view Dr. George Nnanna's PowerPoint for the BP Lecture Series. Guest Speaker Reggie Miller, Security & Counter-Terrorism Coordinator for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, discussed Water Utility Preparedness for Man-Made or Natural Disasters.

December 14, 2006
Read about the progress of the Purdue Water Institute in the last year in our Annual Institute Report or Projects and Activities PowerPoint.

August 10, 2005
Argonne, Purdue-Calumet agree on water research, economic development…
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Image above: Argonne Deputy Director Don Joyce (left) and Howard Cohen, Chancellor of Purdue University Calumet, sign an agreement for collaborative research and economic development in Northwest Indiana.

July 7, 2005
Purdue Calumet launches Water Institute to further economic development…
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