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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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Director Sweeney to Lead Freshwater Surveillance Group

Director Sweeney to Lead Freshwater Surveillance Group

The International Barcode of Life project has appointed Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney, Director of the Stroud Center, to head its Freshwater Surveillance group.
Students painting sunflowers on a rain barrel.

Rain Barrel Project Teaches Stormwater Solutions

The Rain Barrel Project taught students in Media Borough about stormwater runoff and how it affects their school, neighborhood, and local streams.
People seated at a long dining table outside at the Sustainable Feast.

Al Fresco Feast to Celebrate Local Sustainable Agriculture

The feast will draw the connection between the requirements for clean, fresh water and a healthy watershed to produce our food.
Schuylkill Sojourn Gives Paddlers a Glimpse into the World Below Their Kayaks

Schuylkill Sojourn Gives Paddlers a Glimpse into the World Below Their Kayaks

Sojourners will be joined by scientists from the Stroud Center, who will give presentations about the river environment at lunch and evening stops.
Celebrated Photographer, Educator, and Activist to Speak

Celebrated Photographer, Educator, and Activist to Speak

On Thursday, April 9, 2009, Subhankar Banerjee will present "Land as Home: Vision for an Eco-Culturally Sustainable Arctic."
Yeda Arscott and children.

Dr. David Arscott Joins the Stroud Center as Assistant Director

Arscott brings a breadth of expertise in the fields of aquatic macroinvertebrates, ecohydrology, biosecurity (invasive species) and water allocation issues.

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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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