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March 23, 2023 | Stanford News Service

WHD affiliated researcher discusses wastewater's role as a valuable resource for understanding community health.

March 21, 2023

If you are like the majority of Americans, you don’t think much of the water you use to drink, bathe, and do other basic necessities. For the...

March 8, 2023

Former WHD researchers Sara Marks and Tim Julian work at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic...

January 19, 2023 | Stanford News Service

When droughts strike areas that are already water-stressed, water providers are forced to enact measures to curtail water usage or invest in...

October 18, 2022

Gracie Hornsby joined Stanford in 2020 after earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina State University. She recently finished her...

October 14, 2022 | The Future of Everything Podcast

Alexandria Boehm discusses how a new form of epidemiology is using the tools of engineering to test wastewater to track COVID-19’s true spread....

A woman washes her hands at an outside hand-washing station, India
October 14, 2022 | Supporting Hand Hygiene in Schools

Stanford Ph.D. candidate and Knight-Hennessy Scholar in Civil & Environmental Engineering Gracie Hornsby discusses the importance of hygiene...

May 22, 2022 | WHD director Jenna Davis appointed Co-Editor in Chief of PLOS Water

Water, Health and Development Director Jenna Davis was named co-editor in chief of PLOS Water, a new open-access journal that brings together...

May 22, 2022 | WHD’s STAR program leaves a lasting legacy

Like many plans made over the last few years, those of WHD’s fledgling Systems Tools for Assessment and Response (STAR) program were upended by...

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