The University of Nevada, Reno, Ph.D. students in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laura Haak and Vijay Sundaram, along with faculty advisor and professor Krishna Pagilla, were awarded the Water Environment Federation’s McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration or Sustainable Use Award.

The paper, “Sustainability Assessment for Indirect Potable Use: A Case Study from Reno, Nevada,” researched methodology adapted from a triple bottom line approach to evaluate how potable water reuse may impact the social, environmental and institutional criteria identified as drivers for local water resource management.

“This is a prestigious international award that will highlight our research to the professional community and will bring visibility to be a leader in water reuse and sustainability research in the world,” Pagilla said.

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