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- - Virginia Tech ‘fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water
    A passive, durable, and effective method of water collection, fog harvesting consists of catching the microscopic droplets of water suspended in the wind that make up fog. An interdisciplinary research team at Virginia Tech has improved the traditional design of fog nets to increase their collection capacity by threefold.
- - Virginia Tech leads efforts to develop national water pipeline database
    Sunil Sinha, professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will work to develop a national database, named PIPEiD, otherwise known as Pipeline Infrastructure Database, that will efficiently and securely store the collected data.
- - Marc Edwards receives Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
    Edwards was recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his efforts "to apply his engineering expertise to revealing dangerous levels of lead contamination in water supplies."
- - To untangle the effects of nanoparticles on microbes, look at the genes
    Wastewater treatment plants host complex communities of microbes — and, increasingly, nanoparticles. New research investigates how they interact.
- - Fulbright seeks to minimize tsunami damage in Israel
    Jennifer Irish, an associate professor in the Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will seek to quantitatively characterize the danger tsunamis pose to the sustainability of ancient sites, modern infrastructure, and community prosperity in Israel.
- - Federal funding to aid communities with lead in water contamination
    Virginia Tech has been awarded $600,000 in federal funding by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard and Healthy Homes Technical Studies toward testing and approving water filters for communities suffering with lead in water contamination in homes supplied by both private wells and municipal water services.
- - Astronaut scholarship honors triple major Arianna Krinos for cross-discipline research
    Krinos, a junior with a triple major in biological sciences, computer science, and computational modeling and data analytics, has won an Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award. She is the first and only student at Virginia Tech to receive the scholarship.
- - Virginia Tech team brings relief to well owners following hurricanes Harvey and Irma
    An NSF grant will fund the on-the-ground distribution of water sampling kits and educational training in Texas and Florida, which faculty from Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension Service and University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension program will lead. The Virginia Tech team will analyze the samples and distribute the results to well owners.
- - Flint water continues to heal, meets EPA standards
    The Flint water system meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead and Copper Rule, Virginia Tech College of Engineering Professor Marc Edwards said at a Friday news conference. Additionally, levels of Legionella have steadily improved.
- - Marc Edwards receives inaugural award from MIT Media Lab for work in Flint, Michigan
    Marc Edwards, Virginia Tech University Distinguished Professor, has received the inaugural Disobedience Award from the MIT Media Lab, along with Mona Hanna-Attisha for their effective, responsible, ethical disobedience across disciplines.
- - 'NOVA' film on Flint Water Crisis to feature Virginia Tech researchers
    The film debuts on PBS on Wednesday, May 31 at 9 p.m. ET and can be watched later online.
- - Global water expert to visit Virginia Tech and Lyric Theatre April 7
    Brian Richter, the chief scientist for the Global Water Program of The Nature Conservancy, will give a distinguished lecture entitled “Chasing Water in a Rapidly Changing World” at the Lyric Theatre, followed by a question and answer period and book signing.
- - Virginia Tech researchers find special bacteria in Claytor Lake that can freeze water
    In addition to the bacteria's ability to freeze water, its presence adds to growing evidence that using creek, lake, and pond water for irrigation can increase the risk of crop disease outbreaks.
- - Global Change Center researchers help water authority create ‘best water possible,’ prepare for warmer temperatures
    A Virginia Tech team has installed oxygenation systems in three reservoirs that serve Roanoke and surrounding county residents and are monitoring them to see how increased oxygen levels affect the amount of metals in the water.
- - Marc Edwards awarded Borchardt-Glysson Water Treatment Innovation Prize
    Edwards received the award Feb. 21 at the Borchardt Conference, a Triennial Symposium on Advancements in Water and Wastewater Treatment at the University of Michigan.
- - Virginia Tech expert says collapse of Oroville Dam in California is virtually impossible
    Virginia Tech expert says the danger at Oroville Dam in California is confined to the spillway. While forecasters expect additional storms into next week, damage to the dam itself is highly unlikely.
- - Climate scientist James Hansen to give keynote talk at Appalachian Studies Conference
    Hansen, who was among the first scientists to argue that the burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, will visit Virginia Tech on March 10.
- - Marc Edwards and Shuhai Xiao named as Virginia Outstanding Scientists for 2017
    The Science Museum of Virginia and Gov. Terry McAuliffe have named Marc Edwards, of the College of Engineering, and Shuhai Xiao, of the College of Science, as Outstanding Scientists for 2017.
- - Virginia Tech team works in Louisiana testing water
    Virginia Tech researchers are working to develop low-cost, practical remediation and communication strategies that will set protocols in place to ensure clean drinking water is available after natural disasters, such as “The Great 2016 Louisiana Flood.”
- - Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards among Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016
    Edwards, an expert on water treatment and corrosion, was honored in the magazine’s Advocates category for his work on the Flint, Michigan, water supply.

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