Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan聽contributed to an聽E&E News聽article聽examining聽the water and sewer infrastructure needs of聽AI-data centers聽and how聽consumers feel聽the cost of expanding that infrastructure.聽鈥淭here is a real need to understand the impact on …
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AI-data centers are rapidly proliferating across the United States. These facilities promise technological and economic benefits but have associated steep increases in electricity and water use that can strain local resources and infrastructure. Communities are reporting growing concerns over water scarcity, higher utility …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was a featured expert on the Milwaukee Journal鈥檚 Town Hall panel on water use by AI-data centers. Professor Scanlan highlighted that water demands include the water used to create electricity for the data centers …
The Center for Water Policy has launched a national search for a Water Policy Specialist. This position is designed to immerse emerging lawyers in the dynamic world of applied research for multidisciplinary water policy solutions. The Water Policy Specialist will …
The Center鈥檚 mission is to provide world class interdisciplinary solutions to resolve problems related to the protection, restoration,聽and conservation of freshwater resources.聽Our staff have already committed to聽over聽20聽private and public engagements聽in聽the first half of聽2026聽to聽advance that mission by聽sharing聽our聽expertise聽in聽the field of water聽law聽and聽policy.聽We will …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan co-authored the 7th edition of 鈥淲ater Law in a Nutshell,鈥� published by West Academic. This newest edition, co-authored with water law professors Sandra Zellmer from the University of Montana School of Law and Adell Amos from the University of …
A new article by Journalist in Residence Dan Egan for Wisconsin Watch exposes a critical legal fight over public access to Lake Michigan beaches. The article follows the case of 51猎奇 professor Paul Florsheim, who is fighting Shorewood鈥檚 issuance of a聽trespassing citation聽for聽walking across a …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was quoted in a聽Washington Post聽article examining a聽recent report from the United Nations University, the U.N.鈥檚 research arm,聽that聽finds聽climate change, pollution and decades of overuse have pushed the …
In 2025, the Water Policy Program at the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences continued its multidisciplinary research on the most urgent freshwater policy challenges. Our work鈥攆eatured in academic articles, policy briefs, and other reports鈥攅xamines a broad set of issues shaping …
