Stroud Water Research Center

Protecting the water you .

Help us protect water for ourselves and our children.

Learn how you can help!

Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has been a global leader in freshwater science. Throughout Delaware County we're working with partnering organizations in our streams and rivers to bring hands on environmental education to classrooms, and bring research to life as we plant trees, help monitor our waterways, and empower communities to protect clean water for all. We partner with environmental nonprofits and volunteers to monitor streams, rivers, and creeks in your neighborhoods, and we're providing the technical support, guidance, experience, and sometimes even the equipment, to ensure their water quality data are high quality and reliable. Our online platforms allow them to share data with each other and YOU!

💧Streams and Rivers throughout Delaware County where you may see the Stroud Center:

• Brandywine Creek
• Chester River
• Ridley Creek
• Crum Creek
• Darby Creek
• Cobbs Creek
• Naamans Creek
• Marcus Hook 
• Stoney Run

🧪 Science That Saves Streams

For more than 50 years, our world-class scientists have produced groundbreaking research that drives real change — from improving tree survival rates from 20% to over 85%, to shaping USDA guidelines for streamside forest restoration. This work protects drinking water, reduces flooding, supports wildlife, and builds climate resilience.

🌱 Caring for the Land, Protecting the Water

We partner with farmers, landowners, and municipalities to plant and care for riparian buffers — the most cost-effective tool to restore healthy streams. Each acre planted is a powerful investment in clean water, biodiversity, and thriving communities.

🧭 Education for All

Our educators bring science to life through hands-on stream exploration, canoe trips, mobile labs, and virtual learning — inspiring people of all ages to become stewards of their local waters.

🙌 Your Gift Protects Fresh Water

Together, we can keep streams clean, communities healthy, and ecosystems thriving. Your gift today helps fuel the Stroud Center's mission as we impact classrooms, watersheds, and land throughout Delaware County. 

Your support helps us produce science today for water tomorrow!