The 18th annual Iowa Water Conference will be held on Sept. 10-11, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Coralville, Iowa. This year, the conference theme is “Life Depends on Water. Water Depends on You.” Iowa’s source waters are under ever-increasing stress due to climate change, land use demands, and various contaminants. As water professionals and community members, we all play a part in protecting our source waters. Creating a resilient water cycle is critical and relies on a systems approach...

IIHR's Iowa Flood Center will have an educational exhibit at the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference happening Sept. 18-20 in Sioux City, Iowa. This is great opportunity for city officials and staff to learn about tools and resources to help their communities understand and reduce their impacts to floods, as well as learn about resources available through the Iowa Flood Information System (https://ifis.iowafloodcenter.org/ifis/).

The Iowa Environmental Council's annual conference is returning this fall! The conference features a daylong educational and networking event for Iowans to learn and engage on issues ranging from water quality, renewable energy, environmental justice, federal funding opportunities, and more. IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering will have an educational exhibit during the event to share new projects and resources available to support water resources management efforts across the state.

Explore the Lower Cedar River region with researchers from the Iowa Geological Survey and IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering. On this day trip, we will explain how the modern river landscape and local groundwater supplies were influenced by multiple glaciations over half a million years and interactions with local bedrock topography. Join us on this tour of the Muscatine County area on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Participants will meet at Land of the Swamp White Oak Preserve. Transportation to each site and lunch will be provided.

The 2024 annual conference will be a joint conference with the Minnesota Association of Floodplain Managers, to be held Nov. 13-15 in Austin, Minnesota. Conference attendees consist of federal, state and local government officials, planners, engineers, consultants, researchers, educators, watershed organizations, realtors, appraisers, and insurance agents.