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The Auburn University Water Resources Center (AUWRC) and Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) were recently awarded an Environmental Literacy for Community Resilience grant from the National Academy of Science’s Gulf Research Program. The...
Tell us about your background and how you came to work with the WRC.I’m an upcoming junior at Auburn University majoring in Fishery Science with a minor in Marketing. My interest in aquatic life began when I was around ten years old after watching Dolphin Tale, the...
This article was written by Mona Dominguez and originally appeared in the Alabama Municipal Journal, you can find the full article here. In recent years, the concept of citizen science has been gaining attention and popularity. You may have also heard it referred to...
Written By: Laura Cooley and Sergio Ruiz Cordova, AUWRCSergio Ruiz-Cordova and Global Water Watch partners in Chile train 100 water monitors over the course of 2 years. Photo credit: Filipe Zanotti. Global Water Watch is celebrating having 100 trained water monitors...
Fall Training RecapIt’s been a busy fall for AWW Staff and Volunteer Trainers. AWW Staff conducted Water Chemistry and Bacteriological Field Days in Enterprise in partnership with Alabama Watershed Stewards (AWS) on September 30 and at Cheaha State Park the following...
AUWRC ATTENDS THE UCOWR/NIWR ANNUAL CONFERENCESeveral Auburn University Water Resources Center (AUWRC) staff attended the 2022 Annual Water Resources Conference hosted jointly by the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) and the National Institutes for Water...
Please remember to check your certification status on your AWW Welcome Page periodically. We place a great importance on the credibility of AWW data, and one way to ensure credible results is to keep all of our monitor's certifications up to date! Q: How often do you...
Alabama Water Watch, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is excited to announce the launch of a new water quality monitoring project in the National Forests in Alabama! This project’s goal is to promote citizens to discover the national forests in Alabama…by...
This summer, AWW launched a brand-new curriculum and set of educator workshops focused on the book, Alabama Rivers: A Celebration & Challenge, by former AWW Director, Dr. Bill Deutsch. The project was made possible with special funding from the Alabama...
On the most perfect spring day, I had the pleasure of leaving my computer screen behind to go into the field and conduct a recertification session for one of our volunteers, Renee Frachioni. We made the short drive over to Town Creek, which is one of the four sites...
Sergio Ruiz-Cordova is the Data Coordinator of Alabama Water Watch and a 2019 recipient of the Spirit of Sustainability Award. This award was created to honor Auburn University students, faculty, staff, and alumni who are making significant contributions toward...
There has been a change in the packaging of the BCG-MR Indicator Tablets (order code T-2311-J). The tablets for the Total Alkalinity test are now being packaged in blister packs (as seen below) rather than in a glass bottle. The order code for the tablets has...
On Oct. 16, AWW Staffers Mona and Sydney had the pleasure of touring the Dog River Watershed with the best tour guides anyone could ask for – Debi Foster, Executive Director of Dog River Clearwater Revival (DRCR), Dr. Mimi Fearn, long time AWW monitor and trainer and...
LaMotte has recently made a change in the size and packaging of the BCG-MR Indicator Tablets (order code T-2311-J). Both bottle and tablets are now larger (see images below); however, the tablet formula and the procedure for the Total Alkalinity...
Rachel began her work with Alabama Water Watch and the AU Water Resources Center in May 2018, and officially became a full-time Research Associate with us in October 2018. Rachel conducts training workshops, develops new training and educational materials, works on...
Auburn University Water Resources Center
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961 S Donahue Drive
Auburn, AL 36840
1-888-844-4785
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