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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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In memoriam: W. B. Dixon Stroud

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2005

W. B. Dixon Stroud has left a remarkable impact on southern Chester County, his home for the past 50 years, and beyond.
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Fluctuations of dissolved organic matter in river used for drinking water and impacts on conventional treatment plant performance

Volk, C., L.A. Kaplan, J. Robinson, B. Johnson, L. Wood, H.W. Zhu, and M. LeChevallier. 2005. Environmental Science and Technology 39(11):4258–4264.
Stroud Center Receives Science Initiative Challenge Grant

Stroud Center Receives Science Initiative Challenge Grant

Thanks to the generosity the “Friends of the Stroud Center,” we have met the Kresge Challenge to raise $1 million to endow equipment and instruments.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Efeitos das mudanças do uso da terra na biogeoquímica dos corpos d’água da bacia do rio Ji-Paraná Rondônia

Krusche, A.V., M.V.R. Ballester, R.L. Victoria, M.C. Bernardes, N.K. Leite, L. Hanada, R. Marcondes, D.dC. Victoria, A.M. Toledo, J.P. Ometto, M.Z. Moreira, B.M. Gomes, M.A. Bolson, S.G. Neto, N. Bonelli,
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Contribution of dissolved organic carbon to stream metabolism estimated with 13C-enriched tree tissue leachate

Wiegner, T.N.,L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and P.H. Ostrom. 2005. Journal North American Benthological Society 24:48–67.

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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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