To protect and improve Iowa's water quality by raising citizen awareness about Iowa's watersheds, supporting and encouraging the growth and networking of Iowa's volunteer water monitoring communities, and promoting water monitoring activities as a means of assessing and understanding Iowa's aquatic resources.
Expand citizen volunteer water monitoring in Iowa.
Provide a balanced approach for citizens to become involved in protecting and improving water resources.
Develop opportunities for citizens to experience and discover the influence of watersheds on water quality.
Develop a user-friendly process for data collection and interpretation to increase accurate information on the states water resources.
Establish training programs for volunteers that will improve the quality and quantity of water data collected.
Support existing volunteer water monitoring efforts. Establish outreach programs to increase citizen awareness of and responsibility for local water resources.
Provide a framework of information for citizen groups to use in actively promoting responsible decision making in protecting local water quality.
Assist new partnerships and alliances throughout Iowa in designing and implementing water monitoring projects.
Facilitate communication among volunteer groups, local landowners, and government agencies, to promote sharing of data and resources.
Develop a statewide volunteer database, available to all, for baseline water quality information and establishing long-term water quality trends.
Integrate IOWATER into conservation education programs in Iowa.
