Learn more about current and past research initiatives at the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory!
Throughout Fall 2025, the Impactful Resilience Infrastructure Science & Engineering (IRISE) Consortium, the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory, and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) Water Resource Center co-hosted a three-part webinar series titled “Stormwater Management Strategies: from Blueprint to Budget”. This three-part webinar series focused on how to master stormwater management through planning, design, and financing. Thank you to our presenters for providing such valuable content for the 80+ attendees!
After the webinar series, the IRISE Consortium & the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory convened a stormwater symposium on December 4, 2025 at the University of Pittsburgh. Over 80 attendees learned from a variety of stormwater presentations and panel discussions from agency, consultant, and elected officials. Thank you to our sponsors and presenters who made this event a resounding success!
The IRISE (Impactful Resilient Infrastructure Science and Engineering) Consortium, in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory convened a stormwater symposium on November 30, 2023, at the University of Pittsburgh. This symposium featured presentations and panel discussions from agency, consultant, and elected officials on a wide range of stormwater topics developed during an agenda setting meeting of stormwater experts held September 11, 2023.
In 2021 the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Three Rivers Waterkeeper received funding from the University of Pittsburgh's Year of Engagement Program to collect 100 samples from the tributaries that feed the Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny Rivers. Together we sampled 25 locations over four quarters from August 2021 to May 2022. In 2023, the report was released to the public.
In 2023, the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Women for a Healthy Environment created standardized metrics to rate the performance of 36 individual water systems with respect to affordability, transparency, and water quality. Together, we created report cards for 36 individual community water systems with an environmental justice lens.
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Allegheny County Conservation District conducted a countywide Watershed Sampling Day on May 6th, 2023. Through this effort, nearly 40 volunteers were trained to collect water samples at tributaries of interest. These samples were collected, returned to Pitt, and processed at the University.