In March, researchers from Virginia Tech attended the United Nations 2023 Water Conference at the UN Headquarters in New York. This is the first UN Water Conference that has been held in almost five decades, and is a key component for one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure availability and sustainable management…
By Hallie Tucker Introdution: As an intern for the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, I am conducting interviews and creating art about environmental justice leaders, water rights advocates, and scientists, from around the country, to discuss their roles in the fight for environmental justice. This field, along with the conversations…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center annually compiles an inventory of water-related legislation in the Virginia General Assembly. We update the inventory during the session, then publish a final version after the end of the reconvened (“veto”) session. The updated version of the inventory for 2022, is available (as a PDF) at http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/virginia-water-legislation/. …
Welcome to our new Water Center intern, Hallie Tucker! Hallie is a Virginia Center intern for 2022. In May, she will be graduating with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Geographic Information Systems. She is passionate about water resource conservation, environmental justice, and using art to advocate…
The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) has selected Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis to receive the 2022 UCOWR Mid-Career Award for Applied Research! Dr. Krometis will be recognized for this award at the 2022 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference in Greenville, SC, June 14-16. Dr. Leigh Anne Krometis is an associate professor of biological systems engineering at…
The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) has named Dr. Jonathan Czuba as an Honorable Mention in the UCOWR 2022 Early Career Award in Applied Research for 2022! Dr. Czuba is an Assistant Professor of Watershed Engineering in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) and is affiliated with the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech. From…
New minors in the College of Natural Resources and Environment target students interested in global natural resources challenges In an article written for Virginia Tech by David Fleming, new minors in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are featured. Among the new minors is Blue Planet, which focuses on water policy and science and…
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:…
This year’s Water Center interns, Ross Cooper and Nizhoni Tallas, were featured in the Virginia Tech Daily News! See quoted article below. Virginia Water Center interns forge ahead to research environmental justice in the face of COVID-19 With the coronavirus presenting unique challenges for all students, Nizhoni Tallas and Ross…
See quoted article below from “Emerging Regional Water Challenges – Waters of Virginia.” Written by: Clay Ferguson, Ph.D. student and Water INTERface IGEP fellow in the Food Science and Technology Department, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech. Complete article can be accessed HERE. “Dr. Stephen H. Schoenholtz, director of the Virginia…
