Virginia Water Central newsletter
About the newsletter
Virginia Water Central is published quarterly by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center (Alan Raflo, editor; George Wills, illustrator). Starting with the December 2007 issue, the newsletter will be distributed electronically only.
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Current issue
The April 2008 (two column version or one column version) includes:
- Feature Article: Water in the 2008 Virginia General Assembly
- Science Behind the News: Nutrient and Stormwater Research
- Water Status Report
- Drought Report
- Water Quality and You: Marine Debris, including a poster and Spanish-language information
- Plus Director's Comment, News, Government Water Issues Overview, and Notices.
Virginia Water Central is available in Adobe Acrobat's PDF format (you can download the free Acrobat Reader from here).
Newsletter archive
Virginia Water Central archive goes back as far as 1998. The newsletter is available in the PDF format and in two versions: one column (best for reading on screen) and two column (best for reading in print).
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Typical content:
- Feature Articles - Detailed articles, typically on water-related policy or law.
- Science Behind the News - Explanations of scientific concepts or developments related to current water news.
- Water Status Report - Summaries of recent groundwater, precipitation, and stream flow conditions in Virginia
- Water Quality and You - Tips for individuals actions to protect water resources.
- In and Out of the News - Brief accounts of water news items in Virginia, the Chesapeake Bay, and other states.
- Notices - Items about Virginia water-related government meetings, new publications or articles, useful Internet resources, and conferences.
- At the Water Center - Announcements of new publications, projects, grant opportunities, etc.
- For the Record - Compilations of sources for learning about various water-resources topics, such as water quality, laws and regulations, water-related maps, and drinking water.
- Teaching Water - Virginia Standards of Learning supported by Water Central articles.