EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WATER STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE
August 25, 2023
Parkland College – Tony Noel Center
In Person-$35.00/Virtual $20.00
Register: www.Mahometaquiferconsortium.org
8:30 am – Registration
9:00am – Welcome: Susan Adams President of the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium
9:05 am – Illinois State Water Plan/Questions – Wes Cattoor, IDNR
9:30am – HTEM of the Mahomet Aquifer – Jason Thomason, Illinois State Geological
Survey
9:45am – Illinois Water Survey and IDNR Scientific Studies – Defining Sustainability
And Sustainable Water Use/ IDNR Tier 1, 2 and Tier 3 – Future Update of
Water Use Study, “Sustainability and Supply and Demand Assessment” -
Daniel Abrams Illinois State Water Survey
10:15am – Principals Behind Irrigation Nationally and in Illinois – George Roadcap
Mahomet Aquifer Consortium, Steve Wilson, ISWS
10:45am – Irrigation Panel: Jeff Smith-Panel Narrator: Scott Budke – Crop X,
Soil Moisture Probes and Apps, Randy Fornoff – Mason County, Opey
Rowel – Mason County, John Breedlove – Variable Rate Irrigation, Mark
Pflugmacher – Champaign County
11:45am – Lunch Provided – Hickory River Barbeque
12:15pm – Breakout Sessions “Stakeholders Defining Sustainability” – Virtual and On
Site Sessions. What Sustainability Means to Stakeholders and Sustainable
Water Use.
1:15pm – Break
1:30pm – Results of Breakout Sessions – Defining Sustainability and Water Use and
Comments
2:30pm – Adjournment