Western Kentucky University Water Professionals

08/01/2023

2023 Water Professionals Conference

Our members showed up and did a fantastic job during their poster presentations! We are proud of their hard work and of course look forward to next year!

09/17/2022

We were so excited to see everyone at the Ogden College Ice Cream Social last week! For our new and current members, stay tuned for our first meeting announcement that will take place next week!

07/20/2022

KY/TN Water Professionals Conference 2022!

Our members did such an amazing job presenting their research this year at WPC 2022. President Amy Hourigan also did a great job presenting WKU’s chapter update. From cleaning up tornado debris to celebrating Earth day with our community, WKU Water Pros are excited to continue showing up as the new academic year approaches!

07/20/2022

On Sunday, WKU Water Professionals attended the Water For Life event in Lexington, KY. We hope that everyone enjoyed participating in our variety of water games including a blind water taste test, sponge racing, water balloon toss, and our new photo frame for fun pictures!

05/13/2022

Five of our officers recently graduated from WKU!

President, Amy Hourigan (Geoscience, Master of Science)

Secretary, Trayson Lawler (Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies, Bachelor of Science)

Treasurer, Shreya Pandy (Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies, Bachelor of Science)

Outreach, Brittany Pekara (Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies, Bachelor of Science)

Social Media, Erica McClain (Environmental, Sustainability, and Geographic Studies, Bachelor of Science)

Amy anticipates to defend her thesis this summer and start an internship with the USGS.

Trayson, Shreya, Brittany and Erica are preparing for their first year of graduate school at WKU, beginning in the fall of 2022!

04/27/2022

We hope that you were able to stop by this past Friday to celebrate Earth Day with us! WKU Water Professionals set up a blind water tasting test to see if anyone could tell the difference between popular water bottle brands and tap water. While some students were able to tell them apart, many were shocked to find that tap water tastes just as great as bottled water!

We also joined in presenting and appreciating the hard-working team at the BGMU Wastewater Treatment Facility with certificates of recognition. This amazing group of people work 365 days a year to help ensure that you have access to one of life’s most important necessities to survive! On behalf of the WKU Water Professional, we again would like to thank the staff at BMGU for their dedication and contributions to our community here in Bowling Green!

02/21/2022

All Students Welcome!
Join Us for Water Pros! Tomorrow, 7PM, EST Room 402!

11/14/2020

Hey Water Pros,
This Monday at 6:00 pm we will be having a meet and greet via Zoom. In the meeting, we will hear from important personnel and about upcoming events and opportunities. If you are interested in attending please email chapter President, Lea Mitchell at [email protected] for the Zoom link.

10/07/2020

Hey everyone! Hope you're all having a good semester and being safe. For our first meeting this semester we will be attending this zoom talk by Andy Reese. He is an environmental consultant primarily doing work in stormwater management and green infrastructure design! We suggest listening if you can make it to the zoom lecture!

Municipal stormwater expert Andrew J. (Andy) Reese will present Voodoo Hydrology – Urban Hydrology and How to Avoid Common Mistakes as part of the WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ Bell Lecture Series.

Reese has published over 45 articles and papers nationally and internationally; co-authored an authoritative 1,400 page, textbook: Municipal Storm Water Management, now in second edition; and was the principal author of the nationally popular Georgia Stormwater Management Manual as well as over 20 stormwater and site design manuals.

Reese, vice president for AMEC Earth and Environmental in Nashville, Tenn., will present his lecture via Zoom at 7 p.m. Oct. 8.

Learn more at WKU News: https://bit.ly/36ETmt0


WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Ogden College of Science & Engineering at WKU
WKU Office of Sustainability

03/02/2020

Today from now until noon we’ll be having a bake sale in the lobby of EST. Come and enjoy banana bread, brownies, and/or doughnuts! We can take cash, card, and venmo.

09/11/2019

This past summer, high water temperatures contributed to the deaths of more than 100,000 salmon.