The UMass Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE) Research Group conducts research in a wide range of focus areas including: drinking water, wastewater, water resource systems, environmental chemistry and environmental biology. Research projects encompass laboratory, field and modeling activities undertaken by teams of faculty, graduate students, technicians, post-doctoral researchers and undergraduates. Links to information on our research facilities, faculty, research areas, and research projects are provided below. Additional information about our Environmental Engineering degree programs, admission requirements, application procedures and courses is found within the EWRE Graduate Program Area pages of the main Civil and Environmental Engineering web pages.

Research Areas
The EWRE Program conducts research in the following main areas:

• Drinking Water
• Environmental Microbiology & Wastewater Treatment
• Environmental Chemistry
• Water Resources & Hydrology
• Water, Climate & Sustainability
• Stormwater & Watershed Management
• Groundwater & Hazardous Waste

Faculty
The EWRE research group is comprised of ten faculty members. Click a name below for an individual faculty member's CEE Faculty page.
 

Research Facilities
The EWRE Program has excellent facilities, including over 10,000 square feet of new (2004) research laboratories in the Engineering Laboratory II building. ...See the powerpoint slideshow

• Facilities Page
• List of Equipment
• EWRE Lab Rules & Protocols
• Lab Building Tour (slideshow)

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