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
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.
Help us reach our goal. Give to the Future of Fresh Water Initiative. Gifts to the Executive Director’s Fund and the Environmental Education Fund will be DOUBLED thanks to generous challenge grants!
Latest News

Employment Opportunity: Postdoctoral Associate in Microbial Ecology

A Message From the Executive Director Regarding the Importance of Racial Equity and Justice

Use Of Biosolids as Soil Amendments May Be a Pathway for PFAS Contamination of Soil, Water, and Ultimately, Our Food

Why Is New York City Studying Pennsylvania’s Lehigh River?

Changing of the Guard

David Wise Receives DCNR Watershed Forestry Leadership Award

Restoring and Protecting Water Quality and Mitigating Flooding in Rural Landscapes

Stream Degradation and Restoration With Aquatic Insects as Our Guide

Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) summer thermal habitat use in streams with sympatric populations
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.
Upcoming Events
"We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Every day is earth day at the Stroud Center as we work to ensure the future of fresh water is bright!
#EarthDay #FreshWaterMatters2Us
"Teaching children about the natural world should be seen as one of the most important events in their lives."
---Thomas Berry
#EarthWeek #EnvironmentalEducationWeek #FreshWaterMatters2Us
Click on 🔗 in bio to learn how you can celebrate with us!
Art has played an essential role at Stroud Water Research Center from the beginning. Stroud Center co-founders Joan and Dick Stroud believed that art inspired the scientific mind and encouraged creativity. Join us for the first episode in our 2021 webinar series exploring the intersection of art and science on Thursday, April 22 at 12:30 p.m. EDT
Eco-revelatory artist @stacylevy will tell the story of how many environmental issues can be solved through art. She will show how artful collaborations with engineers, ecologists, and landscape architects can begin to change the way we live with nature. Free to attend thanks to our sponsor @princeton_hydro but you must RSVP. 🔗 in bio.
#Webinar #ArtAndScience #EarthDay #FreshWaterMatters2Us
We are excited to celebrate the great work of the @harambeecharterschool and STEM Education on 15 April (6 pm). Harambee will honor the work of several individuals including our executive director, Dave Arscott, Ph.D.!
To join the celebration, get tickets here: https://harambee.ticketleap.com/. For more information about Harambee: https://histcs.org/"
It's #EarthMonth and we have a few fun opportunities to volunteer!
This past weekend we planted trees in Gap, PA. Next up is buffer maintenance on plantings along Buck and Doe Run creeks on April 23. Email jprovinski@stroudcenter.org to learn more or click on link in bio!
#Volunteer #EarthMonth #FreshWaterMatters2Us #Restoration #PlantingTreesForHealthyStreams
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