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…
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…
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…
We are pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of our Competitive Grants Program! Mary Coughter: Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in the James River: Metagenomic Analysis of Biofilm and Planktonic Diversity; Masters Student in Dept. of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University Stephen DeVilbiss: Impacts of freshwater salinization on primary production and…
Water Center faculty Dr. Luke Juran, along with authors from the Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene and the Virginia Tech Department of Biological Systems Engineering, has published an article in the scientific journal Water. The article is titled “Assessing Strontium and Vulnerability to Strontium in Private Drinking Water Systems in Virginia.” The…
The Water Center just announced the top photos for our first annual photo contest! We got many fantastic photos and have really enjoyed seeing the photographers’ talent and creativity! The photo contest ran from October 2019 until April 2020 and was open to any Virginia college and university student. The…
By Cassidy Quistorff No part of Virginia was unaffected by the changing water cycle last year. With a greater proportion of rainfall occurring in extreme precipitation events, water is becoming more unevenly distributed throughout the year. More than 90% of the state reported moderate drought conditions last October. On the other hand,…
