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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Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks
Protecting headwaters: the scientific basis for safeguarding stream and river ecosystems
First National Bank of Chester County Contributes $5,000 for Educational Programs
Stroud Center Celebrates Milestone Anniversary
Fractionation of lignin during leaching and sorption and implications for organic matter “freshness”
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.
Upcoming Events
White Clay Creek Fest
May 4, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDTOregon Dairy Volunteer Day
May 11, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDTWillowdale Steeplechase
May 11, 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDT2024 Joan and Dick Stroud Memorial Lecture
May 15, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDTTaxonomic Certification Opportunity in North Carolina
May 16Virtual Silent Auction Fore Fresh Water
May 17 – May 21
