The Water Center at TN Tech

05/15/2026

04/28/2026

Recently, five Tennessee Tech students showcased their research at the 2026 TN section of the AWRA conference. These students were: Gabriela De Almeida, Grace White, Jemima Obeng, Tori Denney, and Priyanka Bajracharya. Of those five, Gabriela won first place for her poster titled "Microplastics Quantification in the Effluent of Wastewater Treatment Plants Across Middle Tennessee" and Grace won second place for her poster titled "Integrating Modeling and Stakeholder Engagement to Develop a Watershed Plan for the Falling River Watershed". Congratulations!

04/22/2026

Last week, Water Center Director Dr. Justin Murdock gave a presentation at the 2026 TN-AWRA conference titled "A Statewide Survey of Algal Blooms and Cyanotoxin Distribution In Tennessee Surface Waters." Graduate student Grace White also gave a presentation discussing her current project titled "Streamlining PLET Modeling for Watershed Planning in Tennessee.”

04/09/2026

Speaking of nutrient pollution... check out this recently published article by our very own Dr. Grace Tinker and Dr. Tania Datta titled "Microbial community structure of an oxidation ditch undergoing process optimization for biological nutrient removal."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214714426002114

04/08/2026

Dr. Justin Murdock recently sat down with the Today in the Upper Cumberland show to discuss the Water Center and conservation of Tennessee's water resources. Check out his interview in the link below:

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