The Water Center’s Daniel McLaughlin is a principal investigator for a collaborative National Science Foundation grant that will study the linkages between hydrological and carbon dynamics in forested wetlands. Researchers from Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, and University of Alabama will work with isolated wetlands in the Delmarva Peninsula of…
The Water Center wants to welcome Trevor Celata, the Virginia Water Monitoring Council’s new intern! Trevor will assist with the VWMC announcements, which are sent out weekly and include water-related job opportunities, conferences, trainings, workshops, and other announcements. Trevor is a Virginia Tech sophomore, majoring in Water: Resources, Policy, and…
The Water Quality Academic Advisory Committee (WQAAC) published two new reports this week: Emerging Contaminants in the Waters of Virginia and Development of Aquatic Life Use Assessment Protocols for Class VII Waters in Virginia. Emerging Contaminants in the Waters of Virginia covers a wide list of emerging contaminants in detail,…
Applications are now open for the Spring 2020 Water Center Internship! Each year the Water Center supports a Virginia Tech student (second-semester sophomore or above) for a semester-long, paid internship. The Water Center envisions the internship as an opportunity for a student to experience learning and work activities that will…
We are pleased to announce Kristen Bretz as the 2019 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow! Kristen is a 2nd year PhD student in Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech studying stream biogeochemistry. Prior to starting her research at Virginia Tech, Kristen received her M.S. from UNC Chapel Hill where she…
The Virginia Water Center has announced the 2019 Student Competitive Grant recipients! Derek Detweiler: The role of dissolved organic matter in supporting harmful algal blooms in the York River, Virginia; Doctorate Student in the Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. Samantha Fortin: From gene…
Lily Michaud completed her semester-long internship with the Water Center in May 2019. Lily is working toward her B.S. degree in Water: Resources, Policy, and Management from Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. As part of her internship, Lily attended the annual NIWR meeting, visited Capitol Hill, worked on a Virginia…
On March 20, 2019 the Virginia Water Center Director, Dr. Stephen Schoenholtz, gave an invited talk to the Virginia Section of the American Water Works Association at the University of Richmond. The theme of the seminar was “Resilience – Are you Ready?” The seminar was presented by the VA AWWA…
Virginia Water Center Research Associate Alan Raflo did a presentation at the Rotary Club of Blacksburg on March 21, 2019. Discussions included the Rotary Foundation’s work to bring clean water and sanitation to communities around the world. Mr. Raflo’s presentation was on Virginia Water Radio, a weekly podcast and radio show he…
On February 25th and 26th, Lily Michaud, the 2019 Water Center intern, accompanied Water Center Director, Stephen Schoenholtz, and Associate Director, Kevin McGuire, to their annual National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) visit to Capitol Hill. On Monday evening, they attended a reception hosted by Van Scoyoc Associates to socialize…
