University of Iowa key partner in $360M national water consortium
Iowa Flood Center researchers will play a critical role in the new national center by contributing expertise in hydroinformatics, flood monitoring and mapping, and outreach.
Iowa Flood Center researchers will play a critical role in the new national center by contributing expertise in hydroinformatics, flood monitoring and mapping, and outreach.
Elliot Anderson is using storms to his advantage as he researches the difference in phosphorus content during base and peak flows of Iowa rivers.
The Iowa Watershed Approach has spent the last five years bringing Iowans together to understand their flood and water resource challenges and to implement flood mitigation projects to build more resilient watershed communities.
IFC Director Witold Krajewski was selected to receive the 2021 Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award for his outstanding contributions to the field of flood research.
Krajewski is selected for major scientific advances in hydrometeorology, flood prediction, and water resources. He is one of seven University of Iowa faculty members named as fellows.
After devastating flooding in 2011 and 2019 in southwest Iowa, the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa has developed the interactive Missouri River Flood Information System (MRFIS) to help the people of this region prepare for and reduce future flood risks.
Marcela Rojas, an engineer at IFC, traveled far and wide before joining the flood center where she brings accurate and up-to-date flood information to Iowans.
University of Iowa Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Iowa Flood Center co-founder Larry Weber has won the prestigious Integrated Water Resources Management Award, presented by the American Water Resources Association.
Riley Post is researching the efficacy of farm pond and wetland water storage as a way to reduce flood impacts in Iowa communities.
Dan Gilles has worked at the Iowa Flood Center for more than a decade, helping to create IFIS, and the flood inundation maps that keep Iowans safe.