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![photo of Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) constructing Canada's first ICC-compliant smart blue roof and CSA-compliant smart blue roof.](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/07/cvc-smart-blue-roof-592x333.jpg)
July 18, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
CVC Commissions Canada’s First ICC-Compliant Smart Blue Roof
![photo of billowing smoky clouds and an active wildland fire in the Canadian province of Alberta, posted by Alberta Wildfire on twitter on May 19, 2023](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/05/alberta-wildfire-x-592x333.jpg)
May 14, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
Raising wildfire risk awareness; tech fills Emergency Coordinator shortage
![cropped version of a hybrid photo of the underside of a bridge where a HyQuant non-contact radar sensor has been mounted and illustration of contactless radar technology to measure water level and water level](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/03/main-drawing-crop-592x333.jpg)
April 11, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
Webinar to explain radar hydrology & invite Q&A
![screen capture of U.S. NOAA centralized water data website called the National Water Prediction Service tool.](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/04/noaa-web-592x333.jpg)
April 2, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
New NOAA website centralizes water data & forecasts
![HyQuant launch image: black background with CAD rendering of HyQuant non-contact water radar sensor, white KISTERS logo and the text,](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/04/hyquant-news-592x333.jpg)
March 26, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
KISTERS launches HyQuant, compact non-contact water radar sensors at accessible price
![resized photo of bridge-mounted RQ-30 non-contact discharge radar](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/01/rq30-resized.jpg)
January 30, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
Non-Contact discharge radar and AI revolutionize flood warning and water management
![Photo of primary-secondary section-by-section water flow monitoring using RQ-30d noncontact discharge radar sensors mounted on a bridge | image credit Sommer](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/08/rq-30d-bridge2-570x333.jpg)
January 12, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
Water flow sensors overcome water measurement hurdles
![photo of a female field inspector holding a mobile phone and a laptop in addition to examining the ground and soil](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2024/02/groundwater-inspection-e1718210019508-592x333.jpg)
January 3, 2024Water, Weather & Environment
Aquifers recharge faster than past estimates
![conceptual image of bioinformatics | photo of a town and water with digital icons to symbolize advanced water quality data management and data visualization](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/03/csm-forschungsprojekt-isrv-7c5171976f-592x333.jpg)
November 13, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Bioinformatics, nexus of water quality & big data ecology
![photo of dust on snow from study on reduces water flow to the Colorado River | source Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies via climate.gov](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/11/dust-on-snow-climategov-592x333.jpg)
October 31, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Dust: missing from water supply forecasting models
![screen capture of Tropic Storm Otis on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 10 AM Central Time with 70 mph winds and path heading toward Acapulco, Mexico | source The Weather Channel](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/10/otis-path-592x333.jpg)
October 26, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Hurricane intensification is still unpredictable
![photo of La Grande-1 hydropower generating station | source HydroQuebec.com](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/10/lagrande-1-gs-592x333.jpg)
October 10, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Unfavorable weather reduces Quebec hydropower, revenue
![photo of Chesapeake Bay with wastewater treatment plant in teh foreground | photo credit Will Parson, Chesapeake Bay Program](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/10/chesapeake-bay-07172018-592x333.jpg)
September 27, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Navigating toward a cleaner Chesapeake Bay
![female small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas) alight on a green leaf on the surface of water | photo credit Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Ltd.](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/09/damselfly-592x333.jpg)
September 21, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Early warning to freshwater ecosystem threats
![image of cascading screens from HEC RAS flood forecasting model | source the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/10/hec-ras-2023-update.png)
September 12, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Better predict post-fire flooding with HEC models
![photo two operators inspect solar PV panels in a utility-scale solar farm](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/05/rs766-adobestock-177493788-592x333.jpeg)
August 23, 2023Energy & Renewables
Record high temperatures set in Texas
![March, 2017 NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory research hydrologists suspend a noncontact velocity radar sensor over the Washita River or Falls Creek as a component in an early flood warning system near Davis, OK, USA | photo credit JJ Gourley, Ph.D., NOAA / NSSL](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/08/velocity-survey-592x333.jpg)
August 22, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Water Velocity: Critical to flood warning
![photo of a Red Line sun kink or warped train track / rail track on August 5, 2023 | photo credit Austin, Texas Capital Metro CapMetro](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/08/auscapmetro-sunkink-404x333.jpg)
August 18, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Extreme heat disrupting mass transit operations
![photo green algal bloom, rocks and dry beach sand at Lake Winnipeg, Canada due to phosphorus loads](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/05/algalbloomlkdwpg-cmyk-592x333.jpg)
August 16, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Congeners key to water quality improvements
![Levee Park in Red Wing, MN on 4-26-2023 flooding from swollen Mississippi River; more natural hazards to impact Central States | source WCCO news, CBS Minnesota](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/07/levee-park-red-wing-mn-592x333.jpg)
August 15, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
No hurricanes or rising seas, but natural hazards still impact Midwest
![photo of clearcut land and forest near the source of the Lewis and Clark River in Clatsop County, Oregon | photo credit Walter Siegmund](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/08/clearcutting-lewis-and-clark-river-592x333.jpg)
August 8, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Forests mitigate flood risk at watershed scale
![burnt watershed have zones of erosion and zones of deposition; photo taken after Cerro Grande Fire near Los Alamos, NM | photo credit John A. Moody, USGS](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/08/depos-middlef-592x333.jpg)
August 2, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
Burn scars less water-repellant than thought
![After record setting snowfall this past winter, Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in California has extended its ski season into August. | pc Mike Sington](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/07/mammoth-7-2023-592x333.jpg)
July 30, 2023Water, Weather & Environment
August skiing in Eastern Sierra Mountains
![photo green and gold hills of Pullman, Washington | source: Palouse Conservation District](https://www.kisters.net/app/uploads/2023/07/palouse.webp)
July 10, 2023Water, Weather & Environment