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, then publish a final version after the end of the reconvened (“veto”) session. View the 2022 inventory. The current version lists over 140 measures (including four budget…
Springer recently published a book by the Water Center’s affiliate, Dr. Wu-Seng (Winston) Lung entitled, Water Quality Modeling that Works. The publication offers practical guidance for modeling professionals on determining the accuracy of results, serves as a reminder that field data is crucial when modeling for water quality management, and provides…
The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) has selected Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis to receive the 2022 UCOWR Mid-Career Award for Applied Research! Dr. Krometis will be recognized for this award at the 2022 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference in Greenville, SC, June 14-16. Dr. Leigh Anne Krometis is an associate professor of biological systems engineering at…
The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) has named Dr. Jonathan Czuba as an Honorable Mention in the UCOWR 2022 Early Career Award in Applied Research for 2022! Dr. Czuba is an Assistant Professor of Watershed Engineering in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering (BSE) and is affiliated with the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech. From…
Congratulations to Dr. Leigh Anne Krometis, Dr. Kang Xia, and Erin Ling! Their proposal, “Characterizing prevalence and risk factors of PFAS in rural private water supplies,” is one of only four out of 34 PFAS proposals selected for two years of funding by the NIWR-USGS National Competitive Grants program! Per-and polyflouroalkyl substances…
Congratulations to Caitlin Shipman and Joe Buckwalter, the 2021 Walker Graduate Research Fellows! Caitlin is a first-year master’s student in Virginia Tech’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, working with Dr. Stanley Grant. Caitlin completed her undergraduate degree in Integrated Science and Technology, with a concentration in Environment and minor in Biology, at James…
2021 Virginia Water Monitoring Council ConferenceExploring Emerging Water IssuesSeptember 30, 2021Online via WebEx PROGRAM: Presentations run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. We have scheduled brief morning and afternoon breaks, and 1.5 hours for lunch. A draft agenda is shown below: (subject to change) Keynote Speaker: The Great Decoupling Between Water Use…
July 14, 2021 (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) The Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC), Choose Clean Water Coalition (CCWC), and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) are pleased to provide a FREE webinar highlighting successes in managing urban stormwater. This webinar will include a panel discussion on ways to address…
Congratulation to Jacob Shemer for receiving the 2021-2022 AWRA Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship! Jacob Shemer is an undergraduate majoring in Water: Resources, Policy, and Management in the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment. The AWRA Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students studying the field of water resources. The…
Congratulations to the Virginia Tech American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Student Chapter! The group was selected as the 2021 winner of the N. Earl Spangenberg Outstanding Student Chapter Award! The AWRA Student Chapter received the award for activities that further AWRA’s objectives and include clean-up events, a stream bank restoration project, Adventures…
