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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
We advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

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Streptomyces coelicolor-plant association facilitates ergothioneine (EGT) uptake in Triticum aestivum

Pipinos, A., J. Kan, G. Zinati, A. Smith, and H. Bais. 2025. Frontiers in Microbiology, early online access.
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Soil health metrics for assessment of floodplain restorations

Galella, J.G., M.M. Rahman, E.R. Moore, M. Peipoch, J. Kan, A.M. Yaculak, M. Sena, B. Joshi, S.S. Kaushal, and S. Inamdar. 2025. Environmental Research Letters 20(8): 084010.
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Dual Impact

A partnership between the LaMotte Company and the Stroud Center has bridged a gap between scientific research and water sustainability through education.
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Cashing in on Healthy Soils

New incentive program helps farmers reduce nitrogen pollution by leaning into soil health practices.
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These Contaminants Are Reaching Our Surface Water

“Forever chemicals” in sewage sludge are reaching waterways, Stroud Center finds and New York Times reports.
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Stroud Center Brings Watershed Learning to After-School Programs

By weaving science into after-school programs, the Stroud Center is growing the next generation of freshwater champions.

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

WikiWatershed® web tools offer watershed data visualization, geospatial analysis capabilities, and science-based predictions of human impacts on stormwater runoff and water quality.

The Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and their students, citizen scientists, and researchers.

EnviroDIY™ is a community where members ask and answer questions and network within interest groups to develop do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring devices.

The Society for Freshwater Science Taxonomic Certification Program ensures skilled persons are providing aquatic invertebrate identifications in North America.

The Leaf Pack Network® is an international network of teachers, students, and citizen monitors using a simple experiment to determine the health of their local streams.

The Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds provides free technical assistance to Pennsylvania-based watershed and conservation organizations.

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