WATER MONITORING CONFERENCE AND IOWATER OPEN FORUM
TO DISCUSS MONITORING FOR THE NEXT DECADE


AMES - Water quality professionals and volunteers can discover how Iowans 
are improving Iowa's water resources at the DNR's 10-Year Water Monitoring 
Conference and IOWATER Open Forum. The conference will be held April 9 to 10 
at the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.

This year's conference will address hydrology and water quality, public 
health, nutrients, community involvement in water quality protection, 
biological health and stormwater issues.

In addition to concurrent sessions the conference will feature two morning 
plenary speakers and an evening keynote speaker.

Regional Climate Trends and Observation: Some Hydrologic Implications
Mark Seeley, professor and Extension climatologist, University of Minnesota, 
St. Paul, Minn.

Restoring the Water Commons: Smart, Clean, and Green Infrastructure
Valerie Nelson, director, Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, 
Massachusetts

Keynote: Natural Flows: A History of Water and Nature in Iowa
Connie Mutel, ecologist and author

Saturday's IOWATER open forum will highlight successes from the program's 
10-year history and discuss the future of the program. In 2009, Iowa lead 
the nation in the number of volunteers participating in World Water 
Monitoring Day with more than 3,000 participants monitoring nearly 800 
sites. For more information on World Water Monitoring Day, visit 
www.worldwatermonitoringday.org.

Registration for the 10-year Water Monitoring Conference and IOWATER Open 
Forum is $30 before 5 p.m. April 2 and $35 after. The registration fee will 
be waived for IOWATER and AWARE volunteers who are not federal, state or 
county employees.

Registration information and agendas are posted at www.igsb.uiowa.edu/wqm .

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