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10-year Water Monitoring Conference & IOWATER Open Forum

Register now online or download the form (pdf).

Benton Auditorium Scheman Building - Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
April 9-10, 2010

Link to biographies by clicking on speaker names below.

Friday, April 9

Water Monitoring Conference
7:00 a.m. Registration/Poster Set-up
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks
  Rich Leopold, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
8:45 a.m. Regional Climate Trends and Observations: Some Hydrologic Implications
  Mark Seeley, Professor and Extension Climatologist, University of Minnesota
9:30 a.m. Restoring the Water Commons: Smart, Clean, and Green Infrastructure
  Valerie Nelson, Director of the Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, MA
10:15 a.m. Break/Poster Session
10:45 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A. Hydrology and Water Quality: What’s the connection?
  • The Floods of 2008: The New Normal?
          Mary Skopec, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
          Rob Middlemis-Brown, USGS, Iowa Water Science Center


  • How Floodplains are Supposed to Work: Water and Nutrient Processing at the Swamp White Oak Preserve, Lower Cedar River
          Keith Schilling, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
    • B. Linking Water Quality to Public Health
  • The Iowa Statewide Rural Well Water Survey Phase 2 (SWRL2): Emerging Water Quality Concerns
          Peter Weyer, Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, University of Iowa


  • Human-specific Viruses in Urban and Rural Streams: Hydrologic and Seasonal Patterns of Wastewater Influence
          Steven Corsi, USGS, Wisconsin Water Science Station


  • Harmful Algal Blooms: Testing and Surveillance in Iowa
          Peg Buman, Iowa Department of Public Health
          Eric O'Brien, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
    • 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
    vegetarian option available
    1:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

    C. Nutrient Impacts on Iowa's Waters
  • Nutrient Criteria Development for the Protection of Iowa’s Stream Aquatic Life
          Tom Wilton, Iowa Department of Natural Resources


  • Changes in Nutrients due to Constructed Wetlands and Catchment Basins in Hickory Hills Park, IA
          Chad Fields, Iowa Department of Natural Resources


  • Changing Stream Water Quality During the Last Decade in Two Midwestern Agricultural Watersheds
          Stephen Kalkhoff, USGS, Iowa Water Science Center
    • D. Community Involvement in Water Quality Protection
  • Landowners’ Perceptions of Storm Water Quality Issues
          Kathy Scholl, University of Northern Iowa


  • Water Monitoring in the Upper Iowa River Watershed – A Unique Watershed, A Unique Partnership
          Lora Friest, Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation & Development, Inc.


  • 10 Years of IOWATER Monitoring – What the Data Tell Us
          Lynette Seigley, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
    • 2:45 p.m. Break/Poster Session
    3:15 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

    E. Biological Indicators of Ecosystem Health
  • Algal and Snail Bioaccumulation of Antimicrobial Agents within Receiving Streams
          Melinda Coogan, Buena Vista University, Iowa


  • Biological Impairments and Stressor Identification in Iowa
          Jennifer Kurth, Iowa Department of Natural Resources


  • Recent Status and Trends of Selected Resources of the Upper Mississippi River System
          Barry Johnson, USGS, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, WI
    • F. Integrating Technology to Address Stormwater
  • Use of Local Stormwater Monitoring in Conjunction with the National Stormwater Quality Database
          Robert Pitt, University of Alabama


  • New Tools and Methods to Reduce Solids Stratification Bias in Stormwater Samples
          Bill Selbig, USGS, Wisconsin Water Science Center
    • 4:30 p.m. Evening Reception/Poster Session/Networking
    6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker & Kickoff for the 10-year IOWATER Celebration
    Natural Flows: A History of Water and Nature in Iowa
      Connie Mutel, Ecologist and Author, University of Iowa
       

    Saturday, April 10

    		IOWATER Open Forum
    8:00 a.m. Registration/Poster Session/Networking
    9:00 a.m. Welcome
    9:15 a.m. The Power of One
      Pat Boddy, Iowa Department of Natural Resources
    9:45 a.m. Unveiling the Restructure: Why, what, how, when?
    10:15 a.m. Break
    10:30 a.m. Small Group Breakout: Facilitated discussions, Successes
    12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Social Time: Homemade equipment, Posters of monitoring, Photo contest (gallery and vote)
    1:00 p.m. AWARDS & Recognition
    2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Where do we go from here?

    IOWATER is soliciting entries for a photo contest, which will be held in conjunction with its 10-year celebration. For details on how to enter please visit www.iowater.net.

    Click here to print out our flyer version of this Conference Schedule

    If you have questions, please contact Mary Pat Heitman at (319) 335-1576 or marypat.heitman@dnr.iowa.gov.