2025 Iowa Water Conference September 9-10, 2025
Pre-Conference Tour September 8, 2025
FFA Enrichment Center, Ankeny, Iowa

The 19th annual Iowa Water Conference will be held on September 9-10, 2025, at FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa.

Our overarching conference theme is “Life Depends on Water. Water Depends on You.” As the Iowa Water Center celebrates its 60-year anniversary, we contemplate the progress made, as well as the goals that have been so far, out of reach. As water professionals and community members, we all play a part in protecting our waters. Creating a resilient water cycle is critical and relies on a systems approach, recognizing the connection between water, soil, and all living things.

The Iowa Water Conference and our conference planning partners invite individuals and groups to submit conference abstracts addressing how individuals and communities evaluate and protect Iowa’s precious natural water sources.

Focus areas for the 2025 conference:

• Water and Agriculture
• Water and Health
• Stormwater/Urban Water
• Water Quantity
• Water Science Communication
• Water and Recreation

The Iowa Water Conference is a unique opportunity for water, climate, urban, agriculture, and natural resource professionals to collaborate and exchange ideas. We welcome submissions from researchers, practitioners, and advocates who actively contribute to advancing water solutions in Iowa and around the Midwest.

Join us in Ankeny in September 2025 as we explore one of Iowa’s most valuable natural resources.

To submit a presentation for the 2025 conference, please visit the Call for Presentations tab on this website.