Water: Discovering and Sharing Solutions

Water: Connections for Life

Sustaining a water future in an increasingly complex world is one of our greatest challenges. It will require commitment and tackling issues from many perspectives and scientific disciplines. One key to sustaining water resources will be building innovative partnerships between scientists, stakeholders and resource managers connecting science and action.

UF in Action

UF Water Institute is building partnerships connecting scientists from the physical, ecological and social science disciplines to develop the new knowledge, new technologies and new ways of thinking about water use, management, and policy required for sustaining the earth's water resources.

You can help!

What we do everyday matters to our sustainable water future.

Reduce

Fix water leaks
Turn off running water
Take shorter showers
Landscape with plants that need less water

Protect

Do not dump household chemicals down drains or pour on the ground
Do not flush expired medicine down the toilet
Reduce pesticide and fertilizer use
Maintain natural wetlands and wooded areas for filtering runoff

Be informed

Figure out your daily water usage
Learn about your water sources. Does it come from a local river or aquifer?
Learn where your used water goes. Where is your wastewater treated? Does it discharge to a natural water body?
Learn where runoff from your yard goes. Where is the storm drain? What natural water body does it discharge to?