Fire + water: Restoring natural fire to California’s mountains
It’s one of just two wilderness areas in California where fire officials allow lightning-sparked fires to burn by default — with careful monitoring. That makes it an ideal living laboratory for scientists like Sally Thompson.
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When the Pits Fill Up
BWC Co-Director Isha Ray and C.S. Sharada Prasad write about A Day in the Life of Sanitation Workers in Urban India in a slideshow.
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From Intermittent to Continuous Water Supply
A Household-level Evaluation of Water System Reforms in Hubli–Dharwad fromBWC Co-Director Isha Ray, professors John M Colford Jr, and Kara Nelson, and alumni Zachary Burt and Ayşe Ercümen in Economic and Political Weekly.
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Alumnus Luthy Honored as Speaker
Professor Richard Luthy (CEE MS '74; PhD '76) was the honored speaker at the 2018 CEE Fall Distinguished Lecture.
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Isha Ray
India's Toilet Boom

Berkeley Water Center Isha Ray talks about India's toilet boom with GLobal Journalist.

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Will Tarpeh
Alumnus named among Forbes 30 under 30 for 2018

William Tarpeh (CE 'PhD '17) was named among Forbes 30 under 30 for 2018. As a doctoral student, Tarpeh developed a method to extract nitrogen from urine, turn it into a gas, and combine it with water to make fertilizer.

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Ethan Elkind
Wildland Development Escalates California Fire Costs

Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment (CLEE) recently co-authored with the nonprofit Resources Legacy Fund a slate of recommendations for Governor-elect Gavin Newsom.

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