Stroud Water Research Center in the News
Monitors find healthy signs in Hay Creek near Birdsboro
April 21, 2010 BCTV.org, Nancy Kauffmann
In the field with Stroud Water Research Center's entomology team as they monitor the health of the Schuylkill River watershed. Read more and view photos at:
http://www.bctv.org/citizen_reports/article_46164d54-4d74-11df-be30-001cc4c002e0.html
Leaf Pack: Breaking New Ground by Studying Bugs
January 2010 StormH2O.com
David C. Richardson writes in the professional journal Stormwater that Forest Grove Community School in Oregon and Mahopac High School in New
York are just two of the schools that are using the Leaf Pack Experiment and
getting results that are making a real difference to their communities. Read more at:
http://www.stormh20.com/january-february-2010/leaf-pack-bugs.aspx
MTBE Case Uncertain Hope for Utilities
November 24, 2009 AWWA.org
ExxonMobil loses in a suit over poisoned groundwater. In this article, published by the
American Water Works Association, Stroud Water Research Center scientist Anthony Aufdenkampe describes the
insidious chemical MTBE and the difficulty in removing it from groundwater. Read more at:
http://www.awwa.org/publications/StreamlinesArticle.cfm?itemnumber=52109&showLogin=N
Drilling for Natural Gas Jeopardizes Clean Water
November 9, 2009 Rodale.com
Journalist Leah Zerbe of Rodale News reports on the process of natural
gas fracking and the potential hazards to our limited supply of drinking
water. "Anytime that we consider something like mining for coal or
drilling for gas, all of those processes need to be viewed through a
lens of environmental protection and sustainability," says Lou Kaplan,
senior scientist at the Stroud Water Research Center. Read more at:
http://www.rodale.com/natural-gas-drilling
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