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UW-Madison Food Pantry Highlights Student Poverty

WisContext

A new food pantry for University of Wisconsin-Madison students is one sign that poverty can exist on campus. As UW-Madison Ph.D. student Katharine Broton explained in a Feb. 5 interview on Wisconsin Public Television's Here And Now , traditional conceptions of college students' financial and social situations has grown outdated.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Why Madison Is A Model For Replacing Lead Water Pipes

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Public policies addressing lead in drinking water have serious holes, as reports from Wisconsin Public Radio and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism revealed this week. But Wisconsin is also the home of one of the more ambitious lead-mitigation projects in U.S. history.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Wisconsin Faces Challenges With Ensuring Healthy Drinking Water

Madeline Gotkowitz

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

About 2 million children die each year from waterborne disease, primarily acquired by drinking water contaminated by pathogens, including bacteria, protozoa and viruses.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Surveying Wisconsin's Drinking Water Landscape

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Reports of lead contamination in Flint, Michigan's water supply has people across the country questioning the safety of their own water.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Drinking Water Travels Disparate Paths In Wisconsin Utilities

Scott Gordon

WisContext

About 39 percent of Wisconsin's households get their drinking water from private wells while most of the rest of the state's 5.7 million people rely on public utilities for this basic necessity. But utility customers across Wisconsin get their water on very different terms.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Water Testing Can Ease Uncertainty For Well Owners

Kevin Masarik

UW-Extension

Recent news about water quality in Wisconsin and elsewhere naturally may have people wondering about the quality of what's coming out of their faucets at home.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

How Wisconsin Well Owners Can Act As Own Utility Managers

Karen Faster

WisContext

Although nearly 900,000 Wisconsin households rely on private wells for drinking water, its quality is not a matter of certainty.

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Modeling Effects Of Extreme Rain Over Madison

David S. Liebl

UW-Extension

Despite all the heavy rain in the first half of December, with flood warnings across parts of the state, Wisconsinites should be thankful they did not experience a downpour on the order of 5 inches in just 24 hours. Such extreme rainfall can cause damaging flooding, severe soil erosion and crop loss.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

Tracking Sources Of Fecal Contamination In Drinking Water

Karen Faster

WisContext

Waterborne pathogens can cycle between the environment and their human and animal hosts, causing illness in people and spreading disease between households. To determine how fecal matter contaminates groundwater, scientists use indicators that specify the source, identifying it as human or animal waste.

Series: El Niño In Wisconsin

Considering El Niño And Its Potential Effect On Wisconsin's Winter

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

One major factor behind the warm Wisconsin autumn is the emergence of an El Niño that is shaping up to be the biggest in nearly two decades.