Welcome to Jenna Kalgren, our undergraduate intern for 2023! Jenna is majoring in Meteorology with a minor in Geographic Information Science and plans to graduate in 2024. She hopes to pursue a career as a meteorologist at a weather station office after graduation. We are looking forward to working with…
The USGS Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech are pleased to announce a new internship opportunity – the USGS-VWRRC Summer 2023 Water Internships. These internships, with support from the Virginia Environmental Endowment, are designed to give two Virginia Tech undergraduate students…
Need a job? Looking for an internship for the summer? The Water Center’s new Job Board at www.vwrrc.vt.edu/jobs/ could help you. View the list of current job announcements we’ve received or join our Water Jobs Google Group to receive emails with current job listings. The website also includes links to other…
Our annual photo contest is open! We invite all Virginia college and university students to submit your photos featuring water in Virginia – Show us the beauty of Virginia’s waters through your lens in our annual Virginia Waters Photo Contest! For more information, and to submit a photo, click here!
By Hallie Tucker As an intern for the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, I am conducting interviews and creating art about social and environmental justice leaders to discuss their roles in the fight for environmental justice. This field, along with the conversations surrounding environmental justice, is becoming increasingly important; and…
Congratulations to Katie Mayer, recipient of the 2022 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award! Katie is a first year PhD student in Dr. Austin Gray’s aquatic toxicology lab in the Department of Biological Sciences. She is interested in emerging contaminants of concern in freshwater ecosystems. She studies freshwater mussels and their biodetoxification…
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 one or more times, then publish a final version after the end of the reconvened (“veto”) session. The final inventory for 2022–after the completion of the…
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…
Save the Date for the 2022 Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC) Conference “Exploring Emerging Water Issues” August 4, 2022 at the Henrico County Training Center, Henrico, Va. The Virginia Water Center is co-hosting this one day event. We are planning for this year’s VWMC Conference to be an in-person event! Invited…
How Much Water are We Actually Using? By Mark Wheeler What is a Water Footprint & Why is it Important? A water footprint measures how much water is consumed directly and how much is used when producing goods and services – from the water we use in our homes for drinking,…
