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

What We Do

Freshwater
Research

Environmental
Education

Watershed
Restoration

Future of Fresh Water Initiative

Goal: $20 Million

Nowhere else in the world is there an organization like Stroud Water Research Center, which has spent 51 years focused on understanding, preserving, and protecting fresh water. To strengthen ongoing research and to expand community empowerment programs to protect clean fresh water regionally and around the world, the Stroud Center has announced its Future of Fresh Water Initiative.

Progress

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Latest News

Coronavirus Update: Events Postponed, Campus Closed to Visitors

The health and safety of our staff and community are of utmost concern and we are closely monitoring the coronavirus situation ... Read More

Strengthening Our Capacity for Global Freshwater Conservation and Restoration

Our remaining goal for the Future of Fresh Water Initiative is $11 million and an investment from you in our mission is deeply vital and appreciated! ... Read More

Internship Opportunity: NSF REU in Watershed Biogeochemistry

This internship is part of a long-term research project focusing on how biogeochemical and ecological processes change over time after riparian reforestation ... Read More

Truist (Formerly BB&T) Renews Its EITC Support

EITC funds enable us to offer field trips, school programs, and professional development at no or low cost to Pennsylvania public school districts ... Read More

Publication title with image of a mayfly

Impacts of conventional and organic management practices on soil health and water quality

Mukherjee, A., R. Bier, E. Omondi, J. Kan, and M. Daniels. 2020. Rodale Institute website ... Read More

Photo of the mayfly, Neocloeon triangulifer, by DH Funk

Modeling Mayflies to Understand the Challenges of a Warming Planet

There are some questions too complicated for lab experiments to answer ... Read More

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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.

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 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 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.

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

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