2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference October 12-13, 2017 The Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech is pleased to invite you to the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Water Resources Conference to be held October 12 & 13, 2017 at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. The conference theme…
In 2016, Ph.D. student Carrie Jensen was one of the three Virginia Water Resources Research Center Grant Recipients for her project “Headwater stream length dynamics during storm events in the Valley and Ridge Province.” Her grant was used to purchase stream intermittency sensors that revealed the timing and pattern of…
The Water Center’s annual Competitive Grants Program considers proposals for funding up to $5000 for student research grants. Proposals are considered in all areas of water resources research in Virginia. The 2017 awards went to the following students and projects: Stephanie Houston, Ph.D. student, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia…
Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resource and Environment’s Water: Resources, Policy, and Management degree celebrated its first graduates this month. The new Bachelor of Science degree, which became effective in the fall of 2015, takes an interdisciplinary approach to meet the complex challenges of managing water. The graduates, pictured here,…
In May 2017, Eryn Turney, of Daleville, Va., completed a semester-long internship with the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Eryn graduated May 12, 2017, with a B.S. degree in Natural Resources Conservation from Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. To complete her Water Center internship, Eryn wrote “Where…
The American Society of Mining and Reclamation hosted the 2017 Joint Conference with the Mine Drainage Task Force, the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative in Morgantown, WV on April 9-13, 2017 (click here for conference link). VWRRC Director Stephen Schoenholtz presented “Water quality…
On March 31, 2017, the Dan River Basin Association Club from Patrick County High School visited the Virginia Water Center and the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and the Environment. On their visit, the students learned how macroinvertebrates can be used to assess water quality, toured the Water Center…
The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech is pleased to host Brian Richter, as part of their Distinguished Lecture Series. Brian Richter is the Chief Scientist for the Global Water Program of the Nature Conservancy and the President of Sustainable Waters, a global water education organization. Brian Richter will speak…
The Water Center is pleased to announce that Eryn Turney has been selected for our 2017 Internship. The semester-long, paid internship will provide Eryn with opportunities to learn lab and field techniques in water resources and to work with staff, faculty, and graduate students affiliated with the Water Center. Eryn…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center (VWRRC) at Virginia Tech is helping to organize the 2017 Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC) Conference. The VWMC is a non-profit organization that promotes information sharing among individuals who collect and/or use water monitoring data from Virginia. The VWMC 2017 conference will be held…
