Great_Lakes_WATER_Institute
Great Lakes WATER Institute
Freshwater research center of the University of Wisconsin System
Great Lakes WATER Institute (also known as the WATER Institute, Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research Institute, GLWI) is a freshwater research center of the University of Wisconsin System[1] administered by the Graduate School of University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[2][3]
Located on Milwaukee's inner harbor, it is the only major aquatic research institution located on Lake Michigan and the largest of its kind in the Great Lakes region.[4][5][6]
The WATER Institute is both a UW-Milwaukee Center of Excellence and a UW System Regents Center of Excellence.[2] It became the main component of UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences in 2009 with the goal of turning Milwaukee into a world freshwater research hub.[7][8]