Drainage Engineers Meeting 2011

Session 1: CREP Wetland Session

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome and CREP Update

9:15-9:45 a.m. Lessons Learned From Past CREP Projects -- Mike Bourland

9:45-10:15 a.m. Monitoring and Performance of Existing CREP Wetlands -- Bill Crumpton

10:15-10:30 a.m. Break

10:30-11:00 a.m. The Future of Iowa Drainage -- John Torbert

11:00-11:30 a.m. Designing to Improve Wetland Performance -- Bill Crumpton

11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Current Developments with CREP Design Approaches -- Shawn Richmond, Wally Greenlees, Dean Lemke, Mike Bourland

Flow Separation: Tile Drainage from Storm Runoff and handout

12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch at the Hotel

Session 2: General Drainage Session

1:00-1:30 p.m. Update on Iowa Drainage & Wetland Landscape Systems Initiative -- Dean Lemke

1:30-2:00 p.m. Recent Farmed Wetlands and Mitigation Developments -- Don Etler

2:00-2:30 p.m. Recent Drainage Legal Issues -- Jim Hudson, Jr.

2:30-2:45 p.m. Break

2:45-3:15 p.m. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Drainage -- Stu Melvin

3:15-3:45 p.m. ADW Closure Program Update -- Mike Bourland

3:45-4:00 p.m. General Discussion (Recap of meeting, emerging issues, and potential topics for future meetings)