43rd Annual Indiana Water Resources Association Symposium
November 7, 2024 at MADE@Plainfield, Plainfield, Indiana

You may download the Symposium agenda here: SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

You may download the abstracts for the Symposium presentations here: SYMPOSIUM ABSTRACTS

Symposium Highlights!

• Dr. Jack Wittman of INTERA gave a keynote presentation of the 10-year update of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce Water Policy and Planning report.
• Professor Eliza Brown (DePauw University), a composer, introduced their significant piece of music based on field recordings taken along Big Walnut Creek (Putnam County, Indiana), which will be premiered at DePauw University next May.
• 100 attendees were present, including 10 oral presentations and a dozen scientific poster presentations.
• Awards
  • Yu Peng (IU-Indianapolis) and Maddie Milharcic (Purdue University) were awarded best student presentation awards after a lively poster session.
  • This year, Scott Morlock (U.S. Geological Survey) and Harold Templin (Indiana Department of Environmental Management) were posthumously awarded the Bechert Award for lifetime achievement in water resources.
• The business meeting following symposium resulted in the election of the 2025 IWRA Board:
  • President: Garth Lindner, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water
  • President-elect (2026): Aubrey Bunch, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Secretary: Ginger Davis, Indiana Geological and Water Survey
  • Treasurer: Joe Schmees, The Nature Conservancy

Thank you to our sponsors: