Chinese delegation visits Annis Water Resources Institute

MUSKEGON, Mich. — A delegation of 10 scientists from Yunnan Province in China is visiting Michigan on a fact-finding tour in hopes of finding solutions to their environmental problems. 

Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resources Institute has been asked by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to co-host the event. Michigan State University is the other co-host.

The delegation will visit AWRI in Muskegon, November 6, to hear a series of presentations on research conducted at the institute, with an eye to future collaboration and solutions.

“China has some of the most serious water quality problems on the planet,” said Alan Steinman, director of the Annis Water Resources Institute. “We at Grand Valley and the Annis Water Resources Institute are honored that this delegation from the Yunnan Province is spending the day with our research scientists. The Chinese delegates hope to learn new techniques and approaches that they can bring home and start implementing to improve the water quality in their province.”

The scientists will hear about AWRI research projects including information about internal phosphorus flux from lake sediments, the setting of lake ecosystem restoration targets, geospacial approaches to developing watershed management plants, experimental approaches to tackling nonpoint source pollution, and watershed hydrologic modeling.

For more information and a full schedule of events, visit www.gvsu.edu/wri or call AWRI at (213) 728-3601.