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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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Liz Walker to Speak at Joan and Dick Stroud Memorial Lecture

Liz Walker to Speak at Joan and Dick Stroud Memorial Lecture

Ms. Walker’s lecture is entitled "EcoVillages: Pioneering a Sustainable Future by Conserving Land, Water, and Fossil Fuels."
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Probe: Pharmaceuticals In Drinking Water

The Stroud Water Research Center, in Avondale, Pa., has measured water samples from New York City's upstate watershed for caffeine, a common contaminant that scientists often look for as a
Following New York City's Drinking Water from Source to Tap

Following New York City’s Drinking Water from Source to Tap

High school students from the New York Harbor School in Brooklyn and Sidney High School in Delaware County embarked on a “Mountaintop to Tap” trek.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Genetic diversity over multiple generations of supplementation: an example from Chinook salmon using microsatellite and demographic data

Eldridge, W., and K. Killebrew. 2008. Conservation Genetics 9(1):13–28.
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Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks

Battin, T.J., L.A. Kaplan, S. Findlay, C.S. Hopkinson, E. Marti, A.I. Packman, J.D. Newbold, and F. Sabater. 2008. Nature Geoscience 1:95–100.
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Protecting headwaters: the scientific basis for safeguarding stream and river ecosystems

Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Research synthesis from Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

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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.

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