Water Is Life

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Our Mission

Discovery, learning, and outreach

We Serve

The people of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Welcome to the Virginia Water Center

The Water Center offers resources and support to researchers, educators, and decision makers throughout the state of Virginia. We do this by facilitating collaborative research, extension, and education programs to develop solutions to water resource challenges. We work across Virginia's academic institutions and with federal, state, regional, nonprofit, and campus communities. Learn more about us.

Weekly Water Announcements

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1.) Request for Applications: Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program – Informational Webinars: March 28, 2024 & April 9, 2024; Application Deadline: May 10, 2024
2.) Participants Sought: Sustainable Wastewater Management Survey – Responses Due: March 31, 2024
3.) Informal Public Comment Period: Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA) Resiliency Guidance – Webinar: April 3, 2024; Comment Deadline: May 3, 2024
4.) Webinar: Report on the Environment (ROE) – April 4, 2024
5.) Buffer Establishment and Soil Health Workshop – April 5, 2024
6.) UVA Wise STEM Governor's School – Applications Due: April 8, 2024; Program: July 7-21, 2024
7.) 12th National Capital Region Water Resources Symposium – April 12, 2024
8.) Amplifying Indigenous Women’s Voices for Healthy Soil and Water – April 12-13, 2024
9.) Potomac RiverKeeper Network (PRKN) News
10.) Call for Abstracts: AWRA, UCOWR, NIWR 60th Anniversary Joint Water Resources Conference – Submission Deadline: April 29, 2024; Conference: September 30-October 2, 2024
11.) Request for Proposals: Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (WCAP) Grants – Submission Deadline: May 1, 2024
12.) International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO) 2024 Conference – September 23-27, 2024
13.) Job Opportunities

Water in the 2024 VA General Assembly: Inventory of Water-related Legislation

Water in the 2024 VA General Assembly: Inventory of Water-related Legislation
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center annually compiles an inventory of water-related legislation in the Virginia General Assembly.  We publish at least one version during the session,...

Water Center Interns Visit DC for NIWR Meeting and Capitol Hill Visits

Water Center Interns Visit DC for NIWR Meeting and Capitol Hill Visits
In early February, Kora Bednar and Lauren Handley visited Capitol Hill as part of their Water Center internship! Kora and Lauren were accompanied by Water...

Virginia Water Radio is Closing Out Fourteen Years of Regular Episodes

Virginia Water Radio is Closing Out Fourteen Years of Regular Episodes
Last week, Virginia Water Radio posted its 674th show, and closed out 14 years of regular episodes! Since January 2010, Virginia Water Radio has been bringing us sounds, music,...