Fall IWRA Meeting: All Things Water in Indiana

November 2023

The Indiana Water Resources Association is co-hosting the “All Things Water in Indiana” Science Symposium on Thursday, November 30th at Made@Plainfield (1610 Reeves Rd, Plainfield, IN 46168) with USGS Ohio Kentucky Indiana Water Science Center and the Indiana Water Monitoring Council with event space coordinated by IvyTech. More information on the Science Symposium or to register to attend send an email to (Past President) Dave Lampe at dclampe@usgs.gov. Please include in the subject line “Science Meeting Registration”.

Following the symposium, the IWRA will host our fall business meeting and social hour at Coachman Restaurant (6112 Cambridge Way, Plainfield, IN 46168). This event will start at 5pm at the restaurant where light refreshments will be provided, no registration is required.

The symposium is designed as an opportunity to meet face to face to reintroduce ourselves and give those that may be new to the water resource community in Indiana a chance to get acquainted to all of the wonderful work being done within the state. See the agenda here.

The IWRA social hour and business meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the day’s events and have lively discussions over the science.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at both meeting on November 30th!

2023 IWRA Award winners – CONGRATULATIONS!

Several colleagues were recognized at this year’s Indiana Water Resources Association symposium for their contributions to the profession. To read about this year’s award winners and their accomplishments: http://www.iwra.info/2023/IWRA 2023 Awards Summary.pdf

Bechert Award: Randy Bayless, U.S. Geological Survey

Outstanding achievement awards:

  • Academic sector: Rod Williams, Purdue University
  • Private sector: Indra Frank, Hoosier Environmental Council
  • Public sector: Dave Knipe, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Outstanding student presentation awards:

  • Karthik B. Shivaram; Purdue University – for the poster on “Algal-bacterial consortia to treat high-strength shell egg processing wastewater”
  • Dongseok Yang; Purdue University – for the presentation on “Eco-intensification using recycled drainage water for fertigation”

2023 IWRA Symposium

June 7-9-2023
Stewart Center
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

All the stuff you’ll need for the meeting!

Download the FINAL symposium agenda here: http://www.iwra.info/2023/2023.IWRA_Program_Final.pdf

Download the presentation abstracts here: http://www.iwra.info/2023/2023.IWRA_SymposiumAbstracts.pdf

Please sign up or renew your IWRA membership at: http://iwra_membership.eventbrite.comPlease also consider a donation to our student scholarship fund; we have had a large number of student presentation submissions this year, and all student presenters attend the conference for free.

Purdue conferences has provided a campus map showing the locations of the symposium events: http://www.iwra.info/2023/2023.IWRA_PurdueCampusMap.pdf

The Symposium will be at the Stewart Center (128 Memorial Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907) adjacent to the Union in Room 202. 

The conference hotel is the Drury Inn (4110 South St, Lafayette, IN 47905). Some of our social events are at the Drury Inn. There will be sign-up sheets at the symposium, if you need a ride to any of the events.

What’s the conference WiFi info? Look for attwifi – here’s a how-to, if you have trouble completing the connection in an internet browser.

Symposium overview

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Time | Water-Energy Nexus

12:00 pm Registration | Opening and Welcome 1:00 pm  | Opening Session: Water-Energy Nexus |  Break  |  3:00 pm Session: Isotopes in Water Resources  |  5:00 pm Poster Presentations & Cash Bar  |  6:30pm IWRA Banquet and Awards (provided with registration)

Thursday, June 8, 2023 Time |  Water Resources

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration and continental breakfast  | 9:00 am Session: Surface Water Resources |  Break  | 10:30 am Session: Policy and Planning | 12:00 pm Lunch (provided)  |  1:20 pm Session: Surface Water Quality  |  Break  | 3:00 pm Session: Monitoring  |  4:45 pm Review of Friday Field Trip logistics  | 6:00 pm IWRA Business Meeting |  6:30 pm Family-friendly pizza party (provided). All members and friends are welcome!

Friday, June 9, 2023 Time | PUR-1 Nuclear Test Reactor Tour, West Lafayette, IN

8:30 am Meet N Greet with coffee and Mary Lou’s Donuts at STEWART 109ABC, Purdue University | Walk to Nuclear Engineering Radiation Laboratories 9:30 am | 10:00 am – Tour of PUR-1 Reactor, group 1 | 11:00 am – tour, group 2 |  Safe Journey Home

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

FINAL Agenda for IWRA Symposium

Download the FINAL agenda here: http://www.iwra.info/2023/2023.IWRA_Program_Final.pdf

The link for conference registration is: https://purdue.edu/conferences/INWATER23.

For IWRA member rates, please sign up or renew your membership at: http://iwra_membership.eventbrite.comPlease also consider a donation to our student scholarship fund; we have had a large number of student presentation submissions this year, and all student presenters attend the conference for free.

Reservations (regular rates) for lodging at the Drury Inn are linked to from the Purdue conference website above.

The Symposium will be at the Stewart Center (128 Memorial Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907) adjacent to the Union in Room 202. 

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Time | Water-Energy Nexus

12:00 pm Registration | Opening and Welcome 1:00 pm  | Opening Session: Water-Energy Nexus |  Break  |  3:00 pm Session: Isotopes in Water Resources  |  5:00 pm Poster Presentations & Cash Bar  |  6:30pm IWRA Banquet and Awards (provided with registration)

Thursday, June 8, 2023 Time |  Water Resources

8:00 – 9:00 am Registration and continental breakfast  | 9:00 am Session: Surface Water Resources |  Break  | 10:30 am Session: Policy and Planning | 12:00 pm Lunch (provided)  |  1:20 pm Session: Surface Water Quality  |  Break  | 3:00 pm Session: Monitoring  |  4:45 pm Review of Friday Field Trip logistics  | 6:00 pm IWRA Business Meeting |  6:30 pm Family-friendly pizza party (provided). All members and friends are welcome!

Friday, June 9, 2023 Time | PUR-1 Nuclear Test Reactor Tour, West Lafayette, IN

8:30 am Meet N Greet with coffee and Mary Lou’s Donuts at STEWART 109ABC, Purdue University | Walk to Nuclear Engineering Radiation Laboratories 9:30 am | 10:00 am – Tour of PUR-1 Reactor, group 1 | 11:00 am – tour, group 2 |  Safe Journey Home

Call for presentations

42nd Annual Indiana Water Resources Association Symposium: June 7-9, 2023 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN

DUE: MAY 13, 2023

Download the call for presentations

Symposium Overview
The 42nd Annual IWRA Spring Symposium will be held June 7-9, 2023, at the Stewart Center, Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, Indiana. “An Isotopic Event: Use of Nuclear Science in Water Resources” is the topic of this year’s symposium, exploring the innovative ways nuclear chemistry is used in water-resource science. Indiana’s infrastructure development will be a springboard for water-resource collaboration. This development is changing water demand across industries to create new partnerships, kindle debates on planning for an uncertain future, and changing the attitudes of the public by increasing the perceived value of water for the success of a community. Attendees also can learn about emerging trends in the field, visit the PUR-1 nuclear reactor and hear how big data is solving the biggest challenges in water-resources planning. Water-resources managers will require new regional partnerships, improved sharing of resources, and utilization of the latest technologies and procedures to underpin the success of these efforts.

The 2023 symposium committee is seeking oral and poster presentations on a wide range of topics related to this year’s theme on the use of nuclear science in water resources including isotope aging, radioactive compounds impacting potability, industrial demand based on emerging nuclear power, changes in water demand planning, and updates to public policy. In addition to these “theme” topics, we would love to hear about water-resource issues and activities in your area of expertise. IWRA is particularly effective in bringing together professionals and students from a variety of water resources and related disciplines and provides a relaxed forum for presentations and discussion. To that end, presentations on any topic concerning water resources research, assessment, planning, management, protection, development, or education are solicited.

Student presentations are encouraged, and students receive financial support to present (see Student Scholarships). The cost of presenting will be covered by the IWRA Student Scholarship Fund. Presentations are not required to be original material. We welcome presentations given previously to other organizations.

Abstract Submission
Abstracts should be submitted via email to Andrew Pappas (atpappas@idem.in.gov). Please use the subject line “2023 IWRA Abstract”. Abstracts should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document formats, should not exceed one page, and should include:

  • A description of the issue or problem, the methods or approach, results, and implications for water-resources research or management.
  • The title, author(s), and affiliations. Please include contact information (email and telephone) for the presenting author. Please indicate if the presenting author is a student.
  • The deadline for submitting an abstract is May 13th, 2023.

Symposium Registration Fees
All non-student presenters are expected to pay the symposium registration fee. If your employing organization cannot or will not pay the registration fee, please contact the IWRA president and we’ll try to work something out. Full-meeting registration fees are expected to be approximately $165 (member/early bird) and include three meals. Information on registration fees, lodging, and other details will be provided soon in the symposium announcement and at the IWRA web site www.iwra.info. Students are eligible for a reduced registration fee. Student presenters will have their registration fees paid by IWRA.

Student Scholarships
IWRA especially values student presentations and sponsors a Student Scholarship Fund designed to cover student expenses for attending and presenting at the Spring Symposium. All student-submitted abstracts will be considered for a scholarship. Please contact Joe Schmees, joseph.schmees@tnc.org, 317-414-8387 if you have questions concerning student scholarships.

Schedule for Abstract Submission, Acceptance, and Presentations

  • May 13, 2023 Deadline for abstract submissions
  • May 26, 2023 Notification of abstract acceptance
  • June 7-9, 2023 42nd IWRA Symposium

Award nominations:
Please submit a nomination for the IWRA Charles Harold Bechert Award and/or the IWRA Outstanding Achievement Awards for presentation at the 2023 symposium. The Bechert Award celebrates lifetime achievement of excellence in water resources, whereas the IWRA Outstanding Achievement Awards honor individuals who have contributed significantly to the goals of IWRA:

Promotion of research and technical, social, economic, advances in all aspects of water resources; Collection and dissemination of water-resources information through publications, symposia, and other media; Relating the needs of water-resource institutions for specialized services or guidance to qualified professionals; or Initiating and maintaining lines of communication in the water-resources community.

Nomination forms are available on the IWRA website: iwra.info/forms/IWRA_award_nomination_form.pdf. Please send your nominations to Mark Basch, IWRA Awards Committee, mbasch@dnr.IN.gov, (317) 232- 0154. The nomination deadline is May 19, 2023.

Further Information
For further information about the 2023 IWRA Symposium, please contact IWRA President Andrew Pappas, atpappas@idem.in.gov, (812) 564-0253. Additional information concerning IWRA is located at the Indiana Water Resources Association website: www.iwra.info

The Indiana Water Resources Association
The Indiana Water Resources Association (IWRA) was founded in 1979 as a state section of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA, www.awra.org) to promote water resources research, education, and communication in Indiana. The IWRA is an organization of several hundred professionals and students working in all aspects of water resources. Its members include scientists, engineers, technicians, environmental health specialists, regulators, educators, lawyers, policy makers, and students from government, universities, industry, consulting firms, and other water-related groups. One of the main goals of IWRA is to facilitate communication and the exchange of information within the water-resources community of Indiana. Please view our conferences as an opportunity to present your work, in a relatively informal atmosphere, to Indiana’s water-resource professionals. Because many of our members do not regularly attend national meetings, we encourage you to present papers that you may have given previously at national or regional professional meetings.

2023 IWRA President’s Letter

Download the letter from Andrew Pappas here

Dear Members and Friends of IWRA,

We are excited to announce that the 42nd Annual Indiana Water Resources Association Symposium will be held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN from June 7-9, 2023. The symposium will feature events at the Stewart Center, a catered awards dinner at the Dauch Alumni Center, and a tour by the School of Nuclear Engineering of the PUR-1 research reactor.

We will also be hosting a business meeting and social event featuring Arni’s Pizza at the Lafayette Drury Inn, where reception and food will be available to all attendees, members, and families. The hotel also has a pool for those interested in taking a dip.

This year’s symposium theme will focus on the “Use of Nuclear Science in Water Resources,” including isotope aging, radioactive compounds impacting potability, industrial demand based on emerging nuclear power, changes in water demand planning, and updates to public policy. We are requesting folks submit abstracts to present at the conference based on the topics above with special interest in water resource presentations focused on equity for disadvantaged populations, disaster recovery or planning, and economic development, among other water-resources topics.

The call for abstracts will be coming soon, and we invite you to share it with colleagues who might be interested in our symposium. Students are especially encouraged to present at the symposium, and the IWRA Student Scholarship Fund will cover registration expenses for students to present.

Officers for 2023 are:

President: Andrew Pappas, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management,
atpappas@idem.in.gov, (812) 564-0253

Secretary: Ginger Davis, Indiana Geological and Water Survey, gindavis@iu.edu

Treasurer: Joe Schmees, The Nature Conservancy, joseph.schmees@tnc.org

Awards: Mark Basch, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Water, mbasch@idnr.in.gov

Update from the 2022 Symposium:

The Indiana Water Resources Association presented several awards during its 2022 event at Brown County State Park in Nashville, Indiana.

Jody Arthur was presented with the Charles H. Bechert Award for her significant contributions to water resources in Indiana. She worked in the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s Office of Water Quality her entire career, and played a crucial role in data collection and set-up of the External Data Framework for IDEM. Jody is a founding member of the Indiana Water Monitoring Council and has worked tirelessly to continue communications between water-resource monitoring professionals in the state. Her efforts in facilitating the connection between data and Indiana’s water resources made her a deserving recipient of the Charles Harold Bechert Award for 2022.

The William G. Wilber – John S. Zogorski Leadership Award was given to David Lampe, USGS-Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Water Science Center, who served as the 2020 and 2021 IWRA President, and Ryan Mueller, Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources, the 2022 IWRA President.

The Outstanding Achievement Awards were awarded to Dr. Linda Prokopy and Laura Esman of the Indiana Water Resources Research Center in the academic sector; Maggie Sullivan, who is the Lake Monroe Watershed Coordinator, Friends of Lake Monroe in the private sector; and Odetta Cadwell, Executive Director of the IN-AWWA (retired), in the public sector.

Additionally, there were student poster and oral presentation awards, with Grace Carter of Ball State University winning first place for her poster on the effects of microplastics on fathead minnows; Tushar Mohanta of Ball State University winning second place for his poster on hydrologic regions of the White River; Sanoar Rahman of Purdue University winning first place for his presentation on the upper Wabash River; and Moayad Yacoub of Ball State University winning second place for his presentation on quantifying microplastics.

Please submit a nomination for the IWRA Charles Harold Bechert Award and/or the IWRA Outstanding Achievement Awards for presentation at the 2023 symposium. The Bechert Award celebrates lifetime achievement of excellence in water resources, whereas the IWRA Outstanding Achievement Awards honor individuals who have contributed significantly to the goals of IWRA:

Promotion of research and technical, social, economic, advances in all aspects of water resources; Collection and dissemination of water-resources information through publications, symposia, and other media; Relating the needs of water-resource institutions for specialized services or guidance to qualified professionals; or Initiating and maintaining lines of communication in the water-resources community.

Award nomination forms are available on the IWRA website: http://iwra.info/forms/IWRA_award_nomination_form.pdf. Please send your nominations to Mark Basch, IWRA Awards Committee, mbasch@dnr.IN.gov, (317) 232- 0154. The nomination deadline is May 19, 2023.

An IWRA membership form and dues request was e-mailed early January. The form is at http://iwra.info/2023/IWRA_Membership_Form.pdf. Please support IWRA and our student scholarship program. Thank you for your support!

Regards,

Andrew Pappas
2023 IWRA President
Indiana Water Resources Association
Promoting Water Resource Science, Management, Education, and Communication for Professionals and Students
http://iwra.info

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THANK YOU! We thank those individuals that supported the IWRA Student Scholarship Fund in 2022: INTERA, IWRRC, Tom Bruns, Ginger Davis, Sally Letsinger, Andrew Pappas, and Chris Ritz, Joe Schmees, Kathleen Fowler, and Jody Arthur.  Your support of the scholarship fund is critical for enabling student participation at our meetings.

WELCOME! We welcome the following new (or long-lost) members to IWRA:  2023: Garth Lindner, Myles Moore, Gretchen Quirk, Tara Eggen, Megan Sullivan, and Timothy Kroeker.  2022: Bangshuai Han, Harvie Pollard, Jody Arthur, Matthew Hardebeck, Michelle Del Rio, Kelly Brown, Tyler Hoskins, Sarah Hudson, Sanoar Rahman, Harvie Pollard, Rachel Walker, Tom Bruns, and Tusher Mohanta.

IWRA Membership for 2023

With the new year comes the opportunity to begin or renew your membership in the Indiana Water Resources Association. Indiana Water Resources Association (IWRA) is a scientific and educational not-for-profit organization established to encourage interdisciplinary communication among persons working in all aspects of water resources. Dues for the calendar year are $30.00 for a regular member and $10.00 for a student member. To use this online payment option, payment processing fees will be added. A voluntary contribution to the IWRA Student Scholarship Fund also may be made.

Questions concerning memberships may be directed to Joe Schmees (jschmees@gmail.com) or Sally Letsinger (sletsing@indiana.edu)

If you would like to pay (join or renew) your 2023 Indiana Water Resources Association Membership fees online, you may do so here: https://iwra_membership.eventbrite.com. The annual regular membership fee is $34.00, ($30.00 plus a $4.00 fee to process the payment online). A student membership is $10 (online payment fees waived).

Checks are still happily accepted (and with no additional fees). Mail this form and your check to the address on the form.

Either method of joining the IWRA or renewing your 2023 membership allows the opportunity for a tax-deductible donation to the IWRA Student Scholarship Fund, which supports attendance and presentations by students at our Spring symposium. Please be generous!

Thank you for your support of the Indiana Water Resources Association!

IWRA Membership Committee

2019 IWRA Award Winners

The Indiana Water Resources Association (IWRA) is pleased to announce the following 2019 award winners that were recognized during the 40th Annual Water-Resources Symposium Awards Banquet held at the Hilltop Banquet Center, Oakwood Resort, in Syracuse on June 26, 2019:

William G. Wilber – John S. Zogorski Leadership Award:

  • Ginger Davis; Hamilton County SWCD – 2019 IWRA President

Charles H. Bechert Award:

  • Martin Risch; USGS (Recently Retired Scientist Emeritus), Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center; IUPUI Dept. of Earth Sciences (Adjunct Instructor) – For his dedicated career of scientific work to significantly advance the understanding of water resources in Indiana.

Outstanding Achievement Awards:

  • Private Sector: Justin Schneider; Indiana Farm Bureau – For his leadership and legislative support of recent water resource efforts in Indiana.
  • Public Sector: Hamilton County Tourism, Inc. and the City of Indianapolis – For creation of the “White River Vision Plan.”

Student Poster and Oral Presentation Awards:

  • Oral Presentation: Whitney Conard; University of Notre Dame – For her presentation “Effects of Land Use Type on Abundance and Type of Microplastic Pollution – A Contaminant of Emerging Concern in Indiana Rivers?”

The IWRA congratulates these deserving award winners and is proud to honor their achievements!