About surface water institute

CBU's Surface Water Institute, headed by Dr. Louie Lin of CBU Engineering works with the City of Memphis, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, EPA, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers 

The Surface Water Institute at CBU is an inter-agency research center under the Science and Water Resource Advisory Board. The institute works on complex surface water issues and provides a platform for addressing critical surface water resource challenges facing the Greater Memphis Metropolitan Region. This is done through collaboration, research and project development as such with Electro-Aeration for the lack of oxygen in water. 

• Identify, develop, and implement effective management strategies that address our stakeholders' watershed quality challenges 
• Assist local, state, federal, and private agencies with water quality and quantity evaluations, including watershed assessments and plans 
• Identify the shared interests, needs, and opportunities in watershed management form among diverse groups. 
• Perform as the watershed agency of choice for the Greater Memphis Metro-Region
• Define watershed stewardship and management criteria for the areas environmental, social and economic benefit 
• Provide a leadership platform for organizing water governance programs that promote sustainable water balance, quality and health