Website: https://water.ecu.edu/activities/waterscholars Application Deadline: January 28, 2022. One of the main goals of the Water Resources Center is to build a community between water researchers, water professionals, and the general public. Part of this is training and empowering the next generation of water scientists by providing them with opportunities to learn and develop professional skills … Read more
On Nov. 10, 2021, some of the WRC staff, faculty, and WaterCorps students got their hands dirty with a well installation at 10th St and College Hill (“Flood Lot”) to monitor groundwater alongside Greens Mill Run. The project is part of the growing network of sensors linking environmental monitoring across East Carolina University’s campus. The … Read more
On November 3rd, 2021, the Water Resources Center teamed up with In-Situ Environmental for Water Wednesday. In-Situ is a global company with headquarters based in Fort Collins, Co., and is involved in designing and making environmental and process monitoring equipment. This Wednesday a team from In-Situ came out to Greenville, NC to showcase some of … Read more
Town Creek Culvert Drainage Improvement Project receives an award from the American Public Works Association North Carolina Chapter. Read the full article here.
Dr. Mike O’Driscoll, associate professor in the Department of Coastal Studies and the associate director of the Water Resources Center discusses the ongoing pollution coming into the Town Creek as a result of the remains of a 1980s gasoline leak that found its way into the city’s groundwater systems. ECU engineering students Alexander Goble, James Riddle, Adam Till, … Read more
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