U.S. EPA to Designate Auburn University a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management

On Oct. 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will designate Auburn University as a Center of Excellence for Watershed Management. This is only the fourth Center of Excellence to be designated in the Southeast, and the first in the state of Alabama. A Memorandum of Understanding will be signed during a ceremony at Auburn University.

Started in 2007, the EPA Region 4 Centers of Excellence for Watershed Management Program works with colleges and universities from across the Southeast to provide hands-on, practical products and services for communities to identify watershed problems and solve them. Each EPA-designated Center actively seeks out watershed-based stakeholder groups and local governments that need cost-effective tools for watershed scientific studies, engineering designs and computer mapping, as well as assistance with legal issues, project management, public education and planning.

For more information about priority watersheds in the Southeast, visit www.epa.gov/region4/water/watersheds/priority.html.

Source: U.S. EPA