Agenda
Certified Crop Advisors CEU’s have been approved for the following sessions denoted by an *
A Conference PDH certificate will be available: 9.5 hours
A Pre-conference tour PDH certificate will be available: 4.0 hours
Monday, September 9, 2024
Pre -Conference Tour:
| 12:45-1:00 | Load Buses, Departing promptly at 1 pm from the Hyatt Regency in Coralville |
| 1:15-2:00 | IIHR- Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa IIHR and Iowa Geological Survey Lab Facility Tour at the Oakdale Campus in Coralville. IIHR is a world-renowned hydraulics laboratory, with a depth of knowledge that spans the full range of fluids-related structures, both natural and built, from surface to sub-surface, from floods to droughts. IIHR are experts in hydraulic modeling, combining physical modeling, computational modeling and field studies to provide comprehensive solutions. IIHR tour will highlight the ship hydrodynamics wave basin, and physical models of municipal stormwater systems, and dam modeling to improve the design of fish passage. The tour includes a stop at the Iowa Geological Survey Lab Facility to view the rock library, field equipment, and laboratory. |
| 2:00-2:15 | Travel to Johnson County Poor Farm |
| 2:15-3:15 | Historic Johnson County Poor Farm In recent years, the landscape at the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm (JCHPF) has undergone many conservation improvements, from changes in cropping management operations, to include soil health and cover crop practices, switching from a corn/bean operation vegetable production; seeding pollinator habitat, a newly installed wetland, conservation drainage with water control structures, a real-time water quality nitrate sensor, a Iowa Flood Center hydro weather station, invasive species removal in the woodland areas, and woodland management. We will tour the farm and hear from the staff and partners on all the work being done to improve conservation and water quality. |
| 3:15-3:30 | Travel to back to Hyatt Regency |
| 3:30-5:30 | Iowa River Landing Walking Tour Learn more about Coralville’s efforts to incorporate green infrastructure such as bio-cells, green roofs, permeable pavers, cisterns and more! |
| 5:30-7:30 | Networking at 30 Hop sponsored by McClure |
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
| 8:00-9:00 | Exhibitor Setup |
| Ballroom | |
| 9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:15 | KEYNOTE: Upstream Thinking: Rebuilding the Commons for Water Quality and Health Brandi Janssen |
| 10:00 | Award Ceremony: ISWEP, IAWA |
| 10:45 | KEYNOTE: Water Security for All: Challenges and Opportunities for Vulnerable Communities to Overcome Water Issues Kaoru Ikuma |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Surface Water & Green Infrastructure | |
| 12:40-1:10 | Snow Gardens: The Intersection of Meltwater and Stormwater Management Connie Fortin & Matt Isakson |
| 1:15-1:45 | Small Cities, Big Challenges, Climate Resiliency Modeling Approaches for Populations under 10,000 Megan Lukas & Meghan Funke |
| 1:50-2:20 | Quantifying and Argumenting Flood Reducations Provided by Conservation BMP’s in Charles City’s Washington School Watershed* Daniel Gilles |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Surface Water | |
| 12:40-1:10 | From Data to Stories: The Blue-Green Action Platform (BLUEGAP) and the Role of Arts and Humanities in Addressing Nitrogen Pollution David Cwiertny & Eric Gidal |
| 1:15-1:45 | Restoring, Enhancing, and Assessing Stream Restoration Sites in Eastern Polk County* John Swanson, Charles Ikenberry & Sara McMillan |
| 1:50-2:20 | PFAS Distribution in Iowa Lakes and Rivers Joe Charbonnet & Abdullahi Adeola |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Water Reuse | |
| 12:40-1:10 | Stormwater Reuse for Irrigation: From Planning to Implementation Jennifer Koehler (Virtual Presentation) |
| 1:15-1:45 | Agricultural Drainage Water Recycling: Momentum Towards a Win-Win Solution for Water Quanity and Quality Challenges* Spencer Pech |
| 1:50-2:20 | Private Well Stewardship Program: Helping Iowans Test and Understand their Drinking Water* Catherine DeLong |
| 2:20-3:20 | BREAK & Student Poster Presentations (1) |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Groundwater | |
| 3:20-3:50 | The Iowa Biomonitoring Program: Assesment of Mental and Metalloid Exposure from Well Water in Iowa Donald Simmons |
| 3:55-4:25 | Iowa ADW Closure Program Michael Bourland |
| 4:30-5:00 | The Need for Groundwater Planning for Iowa Keith Schilling |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Surface Water | |
| 3:20-3:50 | The Restoration of McFarland Lake in Ames, IA Luke Monat & Ryan Wiemold |
| 3:55-4:25 | We Know the Problems, But Not the Solutions! : Using FEMA Scoping Programs to Identify and Screen Alternatives Kevin Kruse |
| 4:30-5:00 | Maryville’s One Water Approach for Source Water Protection: Mozingo Lake 319 Watershed Plan* Katie Greenstein & Ryan Heiland |
| Wicked Problem Panel | |
| 3:20-5:00 | Collaborative Conversations for Climate-Resilient Watersheds* Moderator: Erin Jordan Jack Stinogel, V Fixmer-Oraiz, Humberto Vergara, Catherine DeLong, Sarah J. Gardner, Clark Porter |
| PLENARY Tuesday AFTERNOON | |
| 5:15-6:00 | Movie – Moved by Waters Ballroom |
| 6:00-8:00 | Happy Hour: Sponsored by JEO Consulting Group Backpocket Brewing |
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
| 7:30-8:00 | Student Poster Presentations (2) |
| Panel Sessions: | |
| 8:00-9:00 | Accelerating Technical and Community Readiness for Beneficial Water Reuse in Small Communities Kaoru Ikuma, Elizabeth Yeboah, Lu Liu, Sadaf Mehrabi, Ingrid Cintura |
| 8:00-9:00 | SF455 Iowa’s New Law on Stormwater and Topsoil Aaron Gwinnup, Greg Pierce, Michael Schmidt, Pat Sauer, Loulou Dickey |
| 8:00-9:00 | Cutting Edge Stormwater Quality Research in Iowa Greg LeFevre |
| 8:00-9:00 | Accelerating Technical and Community Readiness for Beneficial Water Reuse in Small Communities Kaoru Ikuma, Elizabeth Yeboah, Lu Liu, Sadaf Mehrabi, Ingrid Cintura |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Surface Water & Communities | |
| 9:05-9:35 | State Revolving Fund Nonpoint Source Loan Program: Stormwater Management and Erosion Control for Communities and Landowners* Julie Kelso |
| 9:40-10:10 | U.S Geological Survey StreamStats-Streamflow for Your Needs Padraic O’Shea & Mackenzie Marti |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Surface Water & Ag | |
| 9:05-9:35 | Why is Watershed Phosphorus Loading Stubbornly Persistent?* Joseph Bischoff |
| 9:40-10:10 | Accelerating the Adoption of Saturated Buffers Using an Educational Decision-Support Tool* Christopher Hay and Catherine Delong |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Water and Health | |
| 9:05-9:35 | PFAS (Forever Chemicals): The Hidden Toxins in the Environment Majid Nada |
| 9:40-10:10 | Nitrate Watch: Community Science Meets Nutrient Pollution Heather Wilson |
| 10:10-10:50 | Break |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Surface Water & Communities | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Innovative Local Watershed Plans: Connecting Water Quality, and Climate Rachel Olm and John Wills |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Surface Water & Ag | |
| 10:50-11:20 | A GIS Strategy to Locate Vulnerable Fields and Prioritize BMP’s in Agricultural Landscapes Using the Daily Erosion Project (DEP)* Eduardo Luquin |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Water and Health | |
| 10:50-11:20 | Harmful Algal Blooms in Iowa: A Multifaceted Approach to Understanding and Mitigating Risks Lyndy Holdt |
| Ballroom | |
| 11:20-12:30 | Lunch & KEYNOTE: It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way Seth Watkins |
| BREAKOUT Sessions: Surface Water & Communities | |
| 12:40-1:10 | Two Dimensional Base Level Engineering (2D BLE) in Iowa Chris Kahle |
| 1:15-1:45 | From Vision to Action: Reflection on 5 Years of Progress in Watershed Planning and Strategies for the Road Ahead* Adam Rupe and Cara Marker-Morgan |
| 1:50-2:20 | Flooding- Bringing the Resources to Meet the Need Stacy Harwell and Cara Matteson |
| 2:25-2:55 | Quantifying the Impact of Iowa’s Flood Control Reservoirs on Nutrient and Sediment Loss* Elliot Anderson |
| Breakout Sessions: Surface Water & Ag | |
| 12:40-1:10 | Beyond Implemention: Monitoring and Management of Edge-of-Field Practices to Assess Effectiveness in the Alleman Creek Watershed* Gabriel Johnson & Lee S. Tesdell |
| 1:15-1:45 | Application of an Integrated Modeling System to Assess Nutrient Loss Mitigation Strategies for the Des Moines River Basin in Iowa* Philip Gassman, Tassia Mattos Brighenti and Yongjie Ji |
| 1:50-2:20 | A Statewide Assessment of Per – and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) In Small Iowa Streams Affected by Varying Land Uses and Inputs* Kendra Markland |
| 2:25-2:55 | Using WEPP Watershed and Stream Data to Estimate Sediment Delivery Ratios and Nutrient Export from a Small Catchment in Iowa* Kelly Nascimento Coelho |
| Breakout Sessions: Water and Health | |
| 12:40-1:10 | Identifying PFAS Contamination in Various Waters in Iowa and its Influence on Iowan’s Drinking Water* Matthew Nagorzanski |
| 1:15-1:45 | Relationships Between Water Quality and Livestock Density Across Iowa Watersheds* Daniel Haug |
| 1:50-2:20 | Tracking Fecal Contamination and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Agricultural and Urban Streams in Iowa* Hanseob Shin |
| 2:25-2:55 | Using Genetic Tools to Better Understand Iowa’s Microbial Water Quality Issues* Claire E Hruby |