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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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Evaluation of utility laboratory personnel performance of a standardized AOC technique

Kaplan, L.A., M.W. LeChevallier, and T.L. Bott. 1992. Pages 1169–1185 in Proceedings of Water Quality Technology Conference, Orlando, Florida.
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Assessment of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA as a method to determine bacterial productivity in streambed sediments

Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, and J.K. Bielicki. 1992. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58:3614–3621.
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Comparison of high-temperature and persulfate oxidation methods for the determination of dissolved organic carbon in freshwaters

Kaplan, L.A. 1992. Limnology and Oceanography 37:1119–1125.
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Habitat specific differences in persistence and effects of introduced cellulolytic bacteria used as surrogates for GEMS

Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1992. Pages 135–139 in J.E. Harvey (editor). Proceedings of the 4th Investigators meeting for EPA’s Biotechnology-Biological Control Agent Risk Assessment Research Program, Report No. EPA/600/R-92/147.
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Variation in genetic structure among populations of the caddisfly Helicopsyche borealis from three streams in northern California, U.S.A.

Jackson, J.K., and V.H. Resh. 1992. Freshwater Biology 27:29–42.
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Climate change and the life histories and biogeography of aquatic insects in eastern North America

Sweeney, B.W., J.K. Jackson, J.D. Newbold, and D.H. Funk. 1992. Pages 143–176 in Firth and S. G. Fisher (editors). Global climate change and freshwater ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York.

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