Main point: “The new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility, a partnership between the University of Alabama and the U.S. Geological Survey, will be built on the north side of campus near the Black Warrior River.”
More about it:
- The partnership “will provide countless teaching, research and service opportunities for our students and faculty.”
- “The $38.5 million facility will include a hydraulics lab, water quality labs, field testing facilities, environmental chambers, sensor innovation space, a warehouse, training labs, a network operations center and administrative offices.”
Why it matters:
- Notice the change in location, a boon for Alabama: “The Tuscaloosa facility will replace the aging U.S. Geological Survey facilities at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.”
- It shows the importance of having friends in Congress: “The Tuscaloosa facility will replace the aging U.S. Geological Survey facilities at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.”