Tennessee Water Resources Research Center

📢We are hiring! Join the team at the Water Center! 🌊💼

The Tennessee Water Resources Research Center (TNWRRC) is looking for passionate individuals to fill two new open positions. If you want to make a real impact on our state's water resources, apply today!

🔹 Research Specialist
Help support our expanding technical assistance, modeling, and research initiatives.
👉 Apply here: https://fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/8205

🔹 Research Assistant
Gain hands-on experience and play a vital role in executing our latest water utility and field projects.
👉 Apply here: https://fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/8204

📌 Note: Applications for both roles will remain open until an adequate number of qualified applicants have applied. Know someone who would be a perfect fit? Tag them in the comments or share this post!

Students, this is a great opportunity to be able to attend the TNSA Annual Conference in November for FREE! Apply now before the August 31 deadline!

📚 We are pleased to announce we’ve just opened up the TNSA Conference Student Scholarship Application! 📚

🚨 Deadline: August 31st 2026
📆 Conference Dates: November 3-5 2026
📍 Location: Park Vista Hotel 705 Cherokee Orchard Rd, Gatlinburg, TN 37738

The Tennessee Stormwater Association Conference Student Scholarship exists to empower the next generation of environmental professionals by providing students with access to high-impact learning and networking opportunities at the annual conference. Through this support, the scholarship fosters academic growth, professional development, and a deeper understanding of stormwater management. Up to 10 scholarship opportunities available.

Check out the application here for more details: https://lnkd.in/eeiSRpZc

Big News for Tennessee Water Research! 🏆💧
We are incredibly proud to announce that Dr. Fuhar Dixit and the TNWRRC team have been selected for funding through the highly competitive FY25 WRRA PFAS Nationally Competitive Grant!

Out of proposals from across the country, this project was awarded $309,000 over three years to revolutionize how we detect and measure "forever chemicals" (PFAS) in our water systems.

The Project: "Novel Oxidation Surrogate for Improved Total Oxidizable Precursor (TOP) Assay."
The Goal: Improving the accuracy of PFAS detection to ensure cleaner, safer water for everyone.

Congratulations to Dr. Dixit and the University of Tennessee on this major achievement in water science!

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Welcome to the team, Dr. Kay Bernard! 🌊🎉

Kay joins us as a Project Manager and Postdoctoral Researcher for Dr. Jon Hathaway, where she will lead a USFS-funded project installing novel gravel tree stormwater systems across Knoxville. She holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and brings a deep background in federal policy and climate resilience from her time with the Federal Highway Administration and the USDA.

Outside of her research on ecological health, Kay enjoys nature, baking, and spending time with her three cats—Bao, Ponzu, and Wonton. 🐈🍧

Please join us in giving her a warm Volunteer welcome!

💧🌍 Happy Earth Day from the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center!
Today—and every day—we're committed to protecting one of our planet’s most precious resources: water. From clean streams to thriving ecosystems, healthy water means a healthy Earth. 💙

Let’s celebrate by taking action to preserve and protect our natural world. Every drop counts!

🌎 Happy Earth Day! 🌎
Few resources are as closely managed or as widely connected as water, influencing ecosystems, communities, and household systems alike. In water treatment, sustainability goes hand in hand with protecting that essential resource.

WQA’s Sustainability Certification helps recognize water treatment products that reflect sustainability considerations in their design, manufacturing, and use.
Learn more here: https://wqa.org/grow/product-certification/sustainability/

🤿 Tune into East Tennessee’s PBS tomorrow, April 17th at 10PM for a very special showing of the documentary "Down the Duck” - A River in Peril, A Community in Action.

Award-winning photographer, boatsman and septuagenarian John Guider embarks on a month-long adventure canoeing all 270 miles of Middle Tennessee's Duck River, one of the most ecologically diverse rivers in the world. The canoe journey was originally the means to an end, a vehicle for John's photography project to raise awareness of the threat to the Duck and its water levels. DOWN THE DUCK WITH JOHN GUIDER follows his journey and weaves together a diverse group of voices that bring context and gravity to the Duck River's significance – and so many other rivers across the country.

💧In case you miss the airing, documentary can also be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/e5iaBwvb