University of Alabama in Huntsville

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University of Alabama in Huntsville is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Long-term Western precipitation trends are stable, says atmospheric scientist

Although the West has experienced major ups and downs in its precipitation patterns from year to year, over the past 130 years regions that provide the major source for spring and summer runoff have not shown a long-term pattern that indicates a permanent decline in precipitation, according to research by Dr. John Christy, a distinguished […]

University of Alabama in Huntsville · 19 Dec 2022

16 Jan 2019

Plasma-based technology may bring clarity to challenges posed by contaminated water

The availability of clean, potable water is a concern for everyone, from residents here on Earth to astronauts in space. To address the issue, researchers have recently begun studying plasma-based technologies as a cost-effective method to purify water. The process, simply stated, involves removing pollutants from water by turning air bubbles into a plasma, or […]