“This is a way to kick-start what a potential social science-led center might be, addressing some of society’s most pressing issues.”
David Keiser, professor of resource economics, has been awarded a planning grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to draft a proposal for a National Center for Water Policy (NCWP), which would coordinate and conduct research on the country’s water quality and quantity challenges. Drinking and surface water pollution have been among the top environmental concerns of the American public for decades. In addition to traditional pollution concerns, microplastics and PFAS “forever chemicals” have emerged as more recent threats to water quality.