Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing โ fresh water.
We advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.
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Stroud Water Research Center: A Portrait, 1967-2000
Surface and subsurface dissolved organic carbon
Grazing of protozoa, bacteria, and diatoms by meiofauna in lotic epibenthic communities
Stroud Center Opens Nationโs Only Streamhouse
Featured Initiatives and Partnerships
WikiWatershedยฎ 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.
EnviroDIYโข 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 Networkยฎ 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
Connecting Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Across the Sciences
April 24, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM EDTWhite Clay Creek Fest
May 3, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDTWillowdale Steeplechase
May 10, 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM EDTVirtual Silent Auction Fore Fresh Water
May 16, 4:00 PM – May 20, 7:00 PM EDTFore Fresh Water Golf Invitational
May 19, 11:30 AM – 5:30 PM EDTLearn Do-It-Yourself Electronics for Environmental Monitoring
May 20, 8:30 AM – May 21, 5:00 PM EDT
