Congratulations to the Water Center’s Dr. Daniel McLaughlin! Dr. McLaughlin is coauthor on a journal article that received the 2020 Boggess Award for best paper published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). The paper, titled “Modeling Connectivity of Non‐floodplain Wetlands: Insights, Approaches, and Recommendations,” examines modeling approaches…
Congratulations to Carla López Lloreda, who is the 2020 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow! Carla is a first-year master’s student from Puerto Rico in the Virginia Tech Department of Biological Sciences working with Dr. Erin Hotchkiss. She completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Sciences at the University of Puerto…
Ross Cooper has completed his internship with the Virginia Water Center! For his internship, Ross examined the relationship between Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and socioeconomic factors in the James River watershed. His work found that wealthier localities tend to have more TMDLs than poorer counties. Similarly, the study also…
Applications are now open for the Spring 2021 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…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center (Water Center) is pleased to partner with the Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC) in providing a virtual conference on September 21st and 22nd. The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day. Rear Admiral Ann Phillips, Special Assistant for Coastal Adaptation and Protection for…
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…
Want to get your well or spring water tested? The Virginia Household Water Quality Program (VAHWQP) provides affordable water testing, help interpreting their water test results, and information about addressing problems. They aim to improve the water quality and health of Virginians with wells, springs and cisterns. Anyone with a private water supply system…
The Virginia Water Center was featured in a VT Daily News Story: “Virginia Water Center recognized as a national leader in water education and outreach.” Excerpt from the article: “For the first time, the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, housed at Virginia Tech, received a status of “outstanding” from the U.S. Department…
The Water Center would like to congratulate Dr. Zach Easton and Dr. David Sample for their recognition by University Council in Water Resources (UCOWR)! Dr. Easton was selected for the UCOWR 2020 Mid-Career Award for Applied Research. This award recognizes outstanding contributions in applied research related to water. Dr. Easton is…
Welcome to Nizhoni Tallas, our Water Center Intern! Nizhoni is a proud member of the Diné tribe and is currently a Junior studying Natural Resources and Conservation and minoring in American Indian Studies. She plans to attend graduate school to focus on Indigenous Natural Resources and climate adaptation. Nizhoni is…
