Building robots to fix water pipes

UCI engineers are working on robotic technology to rehabilitate the nation’s aging water infrastructure.

UCI, NASA scientists find significant groundwater loss in California

New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California’s primary agricultural region – the Central Valley -…

Central Valley water

The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.

Orchards wither in the dry fields near Interstate 5

Water: California's disappearing resource

The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.

OC Board of Education honors William Cooper for water project

William Cooper, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Urban Water Research Center at UC Irvine, has…

Pai Chou with water pipe monitoring system

Watching over the water system

UC Irvine engineers plan to outfit the local water system with sensors that will alert officials when and where pipes crack or break, hastening repair – thanks to nearly $5.7 million over three years from the National Institute of Standards & Technology and several local water groups.

Women draw water from a well near Dudu, Rajasthan

Satellite data explains vanishing India groundwater

Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade – and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame.

India groundwater

Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade – and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame.

Wind Turbines

Wind + water = untapped energy

Wind energy over the planet’s oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.

Nevada official to talk climate change at UCI Women in Water seminar

Water expert Pat Mulroy will speak May 13 on “Climate Change and the American West: Can We Adapt?”