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April 23rd, 2026 - Students in FREC's foundational field skills class measure stream flow and stream health at Poverty Creek. Kevin McGuire from the Water Center led this session. (Photo by Luke Hayes/Virginia Tech)
Employment Resources
Searching for a job? Browse our resources below, and be sure to join the Water Jobs Google Group, developed by the Water Center, to receive emails of job listings. Contact janewalk@vt.edu if you need help joining the group.
Virginia-specific resources:
- Virginia Conservation Network
- Virginia Rural Water Association (VWRA)
- Virginia State Government Jobs (e.g., DCR, DEQ)
Other online job boards and resources:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
- Chesapeake Network (hosted by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay)
- Conservation Job Board
- Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
- Cyber-Sierra
- Earth Works – Hydrogeology, Hydrology & Water Resources Jobs
- Ecojobs
- Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Government Jobs
- Indeed
- Josh’s Water Job (JWJ)
- North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
- SevenSeas Media – Ocean Jobs
- Southeast Stormwater Association (SeSwA)
- Water Environmental Federation (WEF)
- United Nations
- USAJobs
If you are an employer and want to advertise an open position, please email the following information to janewalk@vt.edu:
- Title of open position
- Name of employer
- Closing date or review date if applicable
- Location of position
- Link to the job announcement
- If the job announcement is posted on a page with a search feature, please include instructions for how to find the job (e.g., search “water” or search job position number “1234”).
- Stormwater and Plastic Pollution Workshop -- September 8, 2026
- Water and Wastewater Trainings – Various Dates, Starting: September 9, 2026
- Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) Events – Various Dates, Starting: September 9, 2026
- Public Comment Opportunity
- Call for Presentations: Environment Virginia Symposium – Submissions Due: September 13, 2026; Symposium: March 23-25, 2027
- Virginia Section of the American Waterworks Association (AWWA) and Virginia Water Environment Association (VWEA) Upcoming Events – Various Dates, Starting: September 14-17, 2026
- Feed the Need: Grants for Farmers Fighting Hunger in their Communities – Applications Due: September 15, 2026
- 2026 Drinking Water Clinics –Various Dates, Starting: September 16, 2026
- Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) Roundtable Webinar: Mussels in the Mainstream -- September 23, 2026
- Call for Presenters: Virginia Rural Water Association (VRWA) 2027 Conference -- Submissions Due: October 1, 2026; Conference: April 19-21, 2027
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Mitigation Using Pine Plantations – Published: July 31, 2026
- Invasive Species Resources from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
- Water Center Jobs Board
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Monitoring water quality near Southwest Virginia coalfield restoration sites , videoThe Virginia Water Resources Research Center conducts fieldwork throughout the Appalachian coalfields of Virginia and West Virginia to monitor and assess stream rehabilitation. Researchers gather data on water quality and aquatic insect presence to continue to monitor streams impacted by runoff from former coalfields.
