The American Society of Mining and Reclamation hosted the 2017 Joint Conference with the Mine Drainage Task Force, the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative in Morgantown, WV on April 9-13, 2017 (click here for conference link). VWRRC Director Stephen Schoenholtz presented “Water quality…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The WaterSmart Innovations Conference was held on October 5-7, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Julia Sherry was one of two students to win the poster competition. Julia Sherry is working with VWRRC faculty Luke Juran to pursue an M.S. in Geography and a Master of Public Health degree. The title…
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…
The Water Center has award three grants as part of its annual competition for recognizing and supporting students studying water resources in Virginia. Awards went to the following students and projects: Joanna Adadevoh, Ph.D. student, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Virginia: “Exploiting Bacterial Chemotaxis to Enhance Degradation of…
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…
