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Smith Mountain Lake Water quality program

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The Water Drop and Lake Monitor Newsletters

June 2025 Newsletter

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May/June 2024 Newsletter

July 2023 Newsletter

June 2022 Newsletter

June 2021 Newsletter

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SML Program Photos

SML Water Quality Program at Ferrum College 2025 photos

2023 Boat Launch and Dedication

SML Water Quality DEQ Audit Visit

Profile Sampling at Smith Mountain Lake

SML Water Quality Student Tech Lake Training

2016 30th Anniversary SML Water Quality Banquet

Article in SML Insider, 12/1/25, on 40 Years of Monitoring

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water quality program staff 2025

Dr. Delia R. Heck, Project Co-director and Senior Scientist
Dr. David M. Johnson, Senior Scientist
Dr. Bob R. Pohlad, Senior Scientist
Dr. Clay Britton, Project Co-Director and Program Scientist
Tom Hardy, Smith Mountain Lake Association Liaison
Dr. Dana Ghioca-Robrecht, Data Scientist
Chekka Lash, Program Scientist
Carol C. Love, Laboratory Manager
32 teams of community volunteers

water quality program interns 2025

Three student interns at a lab table in Garber Hall at Ferrum College checking samples for the Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program in July 2025

Student interns in Ferrum College lab, left to right: Richard Marshall, Arron McNeal, and Nate True

Smith Mountain Lake Association website: Water Quality Monitoring

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