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Science Today for Water Tomorrow

Stroud Water Research Center produces the trusted science needed for successful stream and river conservation while fostering people’s passion for the water in their lives.

What We Do

Freshwater Research

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Environmental Education

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Watershed Restoration

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From Freshwater Science to Real-World Solutions

The Stroud Center integrates scientific discovery, watershed restoration, and long-term monitoring to generate practical solutions for freshwater protection.

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Expanding Access to Water Quality Monitoring

Globally, more than 3 billion people lack water quality data. Expanding access to monitoring tools helps communities protect their water and safeguard public health.

High school science teachers install an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station near a stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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At the Stroud Center, we are both practical and optimistic, and we have seen change for the good. Join us in pursuing positive outcomes for the environment and people.

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Latest Freshwater News

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Flip Nicklin to Speak at the Stroud Center’s Water’s Edge Gala

Nicklin, a National Geographic contributing photographer and the foremost underwater photographer in the world, will present “Whales, A Changing View.”
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Reconstruction of a daily flow record along a hydrologically complex alluvial river

Rupp, D.E., S.T. Larned, D.B. Arscott, J. Schmidt. 2008. Journal of Hydrology 359:88–104.
A River Runs Through Us

A River Runs Through Us

September 14, 2008. The Reading Eagle: Stroud Center scientist John Jackson, Ph.D., was interviewed about the health of the Schuylkill River.
Local School, Stroud Center Kick Off World Water Monitoring Month

Local School, Stroud Center Kick Off World Water Monitoring Month

Avon Grove Charter School and the Stroud Center will hold a public event to enlist community members in monitoring the health of their local streams.
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A taxonomic reassessment of the Drunella lata (Morgan) species complex (Ephemeroptera:Ephemerellidae) in northeastern North America

Funk, D.H., B.W. Sweeney, and J.K. Jackson. 2008. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(3):647–663.
Willy Eldridge with a bronze fish sculpture.

UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2008

Willy Eldridge recently joined the Stroud Water Research Center to launch its Fish Molecular Ecology Department.

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