Modern Mitigation
Riley Post is researching the efficacy of farm pond and wetland water storage as a way to reduce flood impacts in Iowa communities.
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From the Very Beginning
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.
Check out this interactive online flood tool from the Iowa Flood Center
CBS Iowa News Now featured the Iowa Flood Information System in a recent news segment.
Diverting Disaster
Libby Casavant, an IFC grad student, is working closely with advisors at IIHR, IFC, and Deltares in the Netherlands to study sediment deposition in the Kosi River of Bihar, India.
Iowa Flood Center Developing Tool To Help Missouri River Communities Prepare For Flooding
“Our forecast system will provide that very specific home by home, business by business, farm by farm depth of water at the time of a levee breach or levee overtopping,” says IFC co-founder Larry Weber.
Senator Ernst Visits Iowa County Farm to Learn About IWA
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst visits the Maas Family Farm in the Clear Creek Watershed to learn about conservation efforts through the Iowa Watershed Approach program.
Climate change-driven ‘Midwest water hose’ caused massive 2019 flooding in Iowa, elsewhere, UI researchers find
A new University of Iowa study says rising greenhouse gas concentrations caused by human activity are producing an increased frequency of a weather phenomenon that researchers call the “Midwest water hose.”
Krajewski elected to the National Academy of Engineering
University of Iowa Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Iowa Flood Center Director Witold Krajewski has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his innovative research and leadership in flood prediction and mitigation.
Anatomy of a Flood
“My vision is to restore the landscape’s natural flood resiliency,” says Larry Weber, “If we can strategically construct farm ponds, wetlands, terraces, and other conservation practices, they can slow the movement of water through the landscape. That will mitigate flood damage for both urban and rural Iowans.”
Water quality, flooding mean low grade for major watershed
Mississippi River Watershed report Card Committee Chairman Larry Weber said the challenges faced along the rivers demand urgent action, including “smart investments in scientific information to improve decision-making and coordinated on-the-ground implementation.”
