The PDF link below provides access to the Virginia Water Central News Grouper’s monthly water-status report on precipitation, stream flow, flooding, and drought, as of the end of November 2024. Click here for the November 2024 report (PDF). For previous monthly water status reports, please see this link: https://vawatercentralnewsgrouper.wordpress.com/?s=Water+Status.
On October 23, 2024, the Virginia Water Resources Research Center (VWRRC) hosted the second annual Virginia Tech Water Research Colloquium. The event brought together 80 attendees from 12 different academic departments to share ideas and explore opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration on water-related research projects. The colloquium began with an Open…
The Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC) held its annual conference on September 24, 2024 in Hanover, Va. Approximately 90 individuals attended. Eight invited speakers gave presentations on diverse topics that ranged from the Virginia Agricultural Cost-Share (VACS) program to achievements by a nonprofit stream monitoring group and from harmful algal blooms to…
Our annual photo contest is open! We invite all Virginia college and university students to submit your photos featuring water in Virginia – Show us the beauty of Virginia’s waters through your lens in our annual Virginia Waters Photo Contest! For more information, and to submit a photo, click here!
By Kora Bednar, Intern at the Virginia Water Resources Research Center Growing up in southwest Virginia, I was surrounded by mountains, creeks, forests, and rivers. But before college, I never viewed water as a resource. It was simply just…water. You drank it, swam in it, used it to wash your…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center is pleased to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Institutes of Water Resources! The National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) comprises 54 Water Resources Research Institutes—one in each state, D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam—established under the Water Resources Research Act of…
September 24, 2024 — Theme: Exploring Emerging Water Issues The 2024 VWMC Conference will be held at the Virginia Public Safety Training Facility (Knox Hall) in Hanover, Va. The conference runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program includes eight invited presentations on water monitoring and management. Speakers will…
Congratulations to Paramita Chakraborty, recipient of the 2024 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award! Paramita is an M.S. Geography student researching manganese contamination in private drinking water systems in Virginia under Luke Juran and Erin Ling. Paramita holds a B.A. in Political Science and Education from the University of…
Welcome Dr. Kevin McGuire as the new director of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center! Dr. McGuire began his new role as director of the Water Center in April. Dr. McGuire served as the Center’s associate director for 14 years before becoming director, and he is also a professor of…
By Lauren Handley, Intern at the Virginia Water Resources Research Center How often do you think about where your household water comes from, where it goes, or how much of it you use daily? How about whether this water could be recycled to decrease our environmental impacts? Well, did you…
The American Ecological Engineering Society is holding their annual meeting at Virginia Tech on May 29-31, 2024! In addition to learning about the latest research and practice of ecological engineering, there will be opportunities to: The meeting is hosted by the Virginia Tech Department of Biological Systems Engineering. The Virginia Water Resources Research Center is…
