Patrick County High School DRBA Club Visits Water Center
On March 31, 2017, the Dan River Basin Association Club from Patrick County High School visited the Virginia Water Center and the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and the Environment. On their visit, the students learned how macroinvertebrates can be used to assess water quality, toured the Water Center…
Global Water Leader Brain Richter Speaks April 7 in Blacksburg
The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech is pleased to host Brian Richter, as part of their Distinguished Lecture Series. Brian Richter is the Chief Scientist for the Global Water Program of the Nature Conservancy and the President of Sustainable Waters, a global water education organization. Brian Richter will speak…
Call for Abstracts: 2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference
Abstracts are being accepted through March 27, 2017 for the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference. The conference will be held October 12-13, 2017 at the National Conservation Training Center (pictured below) in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The theme for the conference is “Water Research: Building Knowledge and Innovative Solutions.” Researchers from colleges…
We welcome Eryn Turney as the 2017 Virginia Water Center Intern
The Water Center is pleased to announce that Eryn Turney has been selected for our 2017 Internship. The semester-long, paid internship will provide Eryn with opportunities to learn lab and field techniques in water resources and to work with staff, faculty, and graduate students affiliated with the Water Center. Eryn…
2017 Virginia Water Monitoring Council Conference: March 22
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center (VWRRC) at Virginia Tech is helping to organize the 2017 Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC) Conference. The VWMC is a non-profit organization that promotes information sharing among individuals who collect and/or use water monitoring data from Virginia. The VWMC 2017 conference will be held…
Trip Krenz: new paper published in Ecological Engineering
Robert (Trip) Krenz, Assistant Professor at Western Carolina University and a former doctoral student in the Virginia Tech Forest Hydrology and Soils Lab, has published a paper in Ecological Engineering. The paper discusses results from a portion of his dissertation research, which focused on assessing structure and ecological functions of constructed…
Julia Sherry Wins Poster Competition at WaterSmart Innovations
Stephen Schoenholtz to lead the National Institutes for Water Resources
With an eye toward the future of water, Stephen Schoenholtz, professor of forest hydrology and soils in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, has been named president-elect of the National Institutes for Water Resources and will serve as president starting Oct. 1, 2016. The National Institutes for Water Resources…
VWRRC Director Attends White House Water Summit
On March 22, 2016, in conjunction with the United Nations World Water Day, the Administration hosted a White House Water Summit to raise awareness of water issues and potential solutions in the United States, and to catalyze ideas and actions to help build a sustainable and secure water future through…