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Nandita Gaur works in the Crops and Soil Science Department of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, but her degrees all are in engineering. “I am a civil engineer, and my PhD was in bio and ag engineering. Even though I trained in the realm of engineering, my

Through nearly a decade of awarding funds to graduate students, the John Spencer Grant program has enabled students from across the University of Georgia to conduct research touching on all aspects of water resources. Here are a few of the students and what they are up to today.

The River Basin Center and American Rivers collaborate with local water utilities and others in South Metro Atlanta and Central Georgia to balance upstream needs for drinking water with downstream needs for wildlife, recreation and agriculture. Planning for the river became a real worry 25 years ago, when drought nearly dried up