Congratulations to Carla López Lloreda, who is the 2020 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow! Carla is a first-year master’s student from Puerto Rico in the Virginia Tech Department of Biological Sciences working with Dr. Erin Hotchkiss. She completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Sciences at the University of Puerto…
Ross Cooper has completed his internship with the Virginia Water Center! For his internship, Ross examined the relationship between Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and socioeconomic factors in the James River watershed. His work found that wealthier localities tend to have more TMDLs than poorer counties. Similarly, the study also…
Applications are now open for the Spring 2021 Water Center Internship! Each year the Water Center supports a Virginia Tech student (second-semester sophomore or above) for a semester-long, paid internship. The Water Center envisions the internship as an opportunity for a student to experience learning and work activities that will…
Nizhoni Tallas has completed her internship with the Virginia Water Center! Her internship project looked at the water issues facing tribal communities in Virginia. A complete write-up of her work can be found here: Water and Virginia Tribal Communities. Her work is also available as a brochure; contact Liz Sharp if you would like…
While access to plumbing and clean tap water is something most people don’t think twice about, it’s a daily struggle for members of many rural communities throughout the state. By Cassidy Quistorff Cianciolo For some people living in rural Appalachia, stopping by the dripping spring coming out of the roadside…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center (Water Center) is pleased to partner with the Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC) in providing a virtual conference on September 21st and 22nd. The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day. Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, Special Assistant for Coastal Adaptation and Protection for…
Southwest Virginia is home to the headwaters of the most biologically diverse population of mussels in the world, but human impacts are facing them with new challenges. By Cassidy Cianciolo When thinking of extraordinary places that are home to unique wildlife and curious creatures, Southwest Virginia is not what typically…
May is Home to National Drinking Water Week The then & now of clean drinking water By Cassidy Quistorff The total amount of water on Earth has stayed the same for approximately two billion years. Of the 326 million trillion gallons of water present on Earth, less than 1% is…
Research done by Tommy Cianciolo, Daniel McLaughlin, and Stephen Schoenholtz of the Virginia Water Center was featured in an article in the Environmental Monitor. The article, titled “Appalachian streams show long, slow recovery from mining’s lingering effects,” was based on work published in Science of the Total Environment. See article excerpt below:…
Virginia’s largest peatland is being restored with the continuous efforts of researchers and stakeholders. By Cassidy Quistorff “It certainly could be… dismal.” Clay Word, a recent Masters graduate of Virginia Tech, conducted his field work in a unique landscape. “It would usually take me two weeks to get all of…
