Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program at Ferrum College

Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program at Ferrum College The Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program began in 1987. It is a collaboration between Ferrum College and the Smith Mountain Lake Association.

The Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program (SMLWQP) at Ferrum College started in 1987 and has been continuously monitoring water quality at Smith Mountain Lake since that time. The program works in conjunction with The Smith Mountain Lake Association (SMLA) and lake residents. Dr. Carolyn Thomas, limnologist and Professor of Environmental Scientist at Ferrum College is director of th

e program. Other Ferrum faculty researchers and staff in the program are: Dr. Delia Heck, assistant director and GIS specialist, Dr. Bob Pohlad, algae and invasive weed specialist, Dr. Maria Puccio, chemist, Dr. David Johnson, chemist and Ms. Carol Love, lab and field coordinator. SMLWQP employs numerous Ferrum College students during the summer, some of which complete their internship with the program. Volunteers monitors, residents from the lake, assist with basic monitoring at various levels after being trained by the staff and students. The SMLWQP lab is certified for water quality analysis by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

Thank you to everyone involved in the Water Quality Monitoring Program at Smith Mountain Lake.
06/13/2025

Thank you to everyone involved in the Water Quality Monitoring Program at Smith Mountain Lake.

Those checking for algae blooms at Smith Mountain Lake include about 50 volunteers and a lab at Ferrum College.

02/28/2025
In the fall of 2018, the late Ferrum College Professor Emeritus, Dr. Carolyn L. Thomas, gave the keynote address at Ferr...
11/04/2024

In the fall of 2018, the late Ferrum College Professor Emeritus, Dr. Carolyn L. Thomas, gave the keynote address at Ferrum for the Virginia Academy of Science Undergraduate Research Meeting. She spoke on Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality. This coming Saturday, Nov. 9, Dr. David Johnson, co-founder of the project with Carolyn, 38 years ago, will be the keynote speaker as the meeting returns to Ferrum College. Welcome back to campus, VAS.

Carol Luther Love, Dana Ghioca-Robrecht and I were happy to represent the Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program at ...
10/19/2024

Carol Luther Love, Dana Ghioca-Robrecht and I were happy to represent the Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Program at Ferrum College at the annual SMLA volunteer dinner last night. Thank you especially to all of our Volunteer Water Quality Monitors as well as all those in all the other programs sponsored by the SMLA. We look forward to next year's 39th year of working with SMLA at the lake.

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