2025 VWMC Conference - Registration is Open!

[Walker, Jane]

2025 VWMC Conference 

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Virginia Public Safety Training Center, Knox Hall

7093 Broad Neck Rd, Hanover, VA 23069

 

Registration is Open!  Learn more HERE!

 

PROGRAM: The conference runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (doors open at 9:00 a.m.). We have scheduled brief morning and afternoon breaks and lunch. A draft agenda is shown below (subject to change):

• Restoring Virginia’s Native Bivalve Bounty – Tim Lane, 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

 

QUESTIONS? If you have questions regarding the conference, see the conference webpage at https://vwmc.vwrrc.vt.edu/conferences/ or contact: vw...@vt.edu.

 

PARTNERS: Thank you to our conference partners!

• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality 

 

• Virginia Public Safety Training Center   

 

• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 
• Virginia Water Resources Research Center 
• Virginia Tech