Indiana Water Quality Monitoring Conference and Inventory

Indiana Water Quality Monitoring Conference and Inventory The goal of this process is to promote coordination and collaboration in water quality monitoring through the compilation of information on water quality monitoring taking place in Indiana The two activities will be: 1) A statewide survey of monitoring efforts, which will be distributed widely to organizations, universities, and agencies that are conducting water quality monitoring (Summer 2006) 2) A statewide conference, which will be a forum for reporting the results and featuring important and innovative monitoring efforts (Fall 2006) The outcome of these activities will be a comprehensive report of water quality monitoring in Indiana, which will be widely available to the water quality community Project Leadership • • • Dr Jane Frankenberger, Purdue Extension Water Quality Coordinator, Dept of Ag and Biol Engineering Dr Ron Turco, Department of Agronomy and Director of the Indiana Water Resources Research Center A Steering Committee representing federal, state, and local agencies, public drinking water supply systems, universities, and volunteer monitors The members are: Representation Name Organization or Agency Consultants Greg Bright Commonwealth Biomonitoring Federal Tom Davenport U.S EPA Federal Jeff Frey U.S Geological Survey Federal Jill Reinhart Natural Resources Conservation Service Health Departments Sharon Adams Boone County Health Department Industry TBD Industry representative Municipal Richard Huyck Muncie Sanitary District Public drinking water TBD Veolia Water Indianapolis Regional planning Reggie Korthals NW Indiana Regional Planning Commission State agency Jody Arthur IDEM Watershed Branch State agency Art Garceau/Dennis Clark IDEM Assessment Branch State agency Leighanne Hahn Office of the Indiana State Chemist State agency Andy Miller/Tammy Lawson Indiana State Department of Agriculture State agency Jim Ray Lake and River Enhancement, IDNR State agency John Steinmetz Indiana Geological Survey SWCD TBD SWCD representative University Lenore Tedesco Center for Earth & Env Science, IUPUI University Dennis Wichelns Hanover College – Rivers Institute University, Lake assoc Bill Jones Indiana University SPEA Volunteer monitoring Lyn Crighton Hoosier Riverwatch (IDNR) Volunteer, Watershed John Ulmer Volunteer Monitor; Eagle Creek Wat.Alliance For more information contact • Jane Frankenberger (frankenb@purdue.edu, 765-494-1194) or • Ron Turco (rturco@purdue.edu, 765-494-8077) This effort is funded by IDEM as part of an EPA Section 319 grant to support the development of environmental indicators