The conference program includes eight presentations, with topics ranging from PFAS to road salts and groundwater to stream restoration. See the conference program and register at https://vwmc.vwrrc.vt.edu/conferences/.  Scholarships will be available to cover the registration fee for two full-time undergraduate or graduate students to attend the 2025 VWMC Conference. Scholarship applications are due: September 5, 2025; apply HERE.

PROGRAM:

    • Restoring Virginia’s Native Bivalve Bounty – Tiffany Leach, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
    • James River Watch Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: Proactively Detecting Elevated Levels of Bacteria – Michael Gillert & Tom Dunlap, James River Association
    • Citizen Science Programs at Smith Mountain Lake – Mary Colligan, Smith Mountain Lake Association
    • Road Salt and Water Quality Monitoring in Prince William County – Veronica Tangiri and Tom Ligon, Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District
    • Can Stormwater Management Regulations Protect Channel Stability Following Development? – Tess Thompson, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
    • Urban Stream Restorations Along a Chronosequence: Floodplain Carbon and Nutrient Retention Over Time – Katt Napora, George Mason University
    • Meeting PFAS Compliance with Existing Infrastructure: Pilot Testing of Conversion of Anthracite Gravity Filters to Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) at a Surface Water Treatment Plant – Mark Titcomb, Newport News Waterworks
    • Virginia DEQ’s Groundwater Monitoring Program – Matthew C. Richardson, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

 

LOCATION: The conference will be held in Knox Hall at the Virginia Public Safety Training Center (VPSTC), located at 7093 Broad Neck Rd, Hanover, VA 23069. Parking is free.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER: https://vwmc.vwrrc.vt.edu/conferences/

 

EXHIBITORS: Thank you to our conference exhibitors!

 

PARTNERS: Organized by the Virginia Water Monitoring Council with support from the following organizations: