Name: Science Open House Celebrating World Water Day
Start: 2026-03-21T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-21T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Stroud Water Research Center

Rivers are more than water; they are life, memory, movement.
At Stroud Water Research Center, we uncover the science behind these living systems so we can all help protect them. Step in and start your journey.

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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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Freshwater Research

Environmental Education

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Latest News

A cross-section showing cover crop roots growing deeply into the soil.

Harnessing Machine Learning for Sustainable Farming and Water Protection

DNA sequencing technology produces mind-boggling quantities of raw data. This is where machine learning is set to open a new expanse of knowledge.

A relic milldam on the Christina River in Delaware.

Following the Rivers

The reality is that without you, our supporters, we simply cannot produce the trusted science needed for successful stream and river conservation.

A bridge is reflected in Aquashicola Creek.

Beyond the Snow

The Fall Salt Snapshot asked a simple question with big stakes: what can we learn about road salt pollution long after the snow is gone?

Paul O'Callaghan accepts the 2025 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence from Executive Director David Arscott.

Weaving Imagination Into the Future of Water

Paul O’Callaghan, recipient of the 2025 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence, challenges us to “demand better” to secure water’s future.

A wooden sign marks the Miller Meadow Loop walking path through the riparian buffer.

A Family Forest: The Millers’ Riparian Legacy

After nearly 10 years, Bud and Marilyn Miller’s 11-acre buffer is firmly established and is finally becoming a forest of its own.

The Colonial-era log cabin at Stroud Water Research Center.

Historic Cabin Draws Visitors During Chester County Day

The Stroud Center shared the story of a 1710 log home that bridges early American craftsmanship and modern freshwater science.

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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.