2025 Great Plains Water Conference: Securing Water Resources for Tomorrow
September 18 and 19, 2025
Milo Bail Student Center, University of Nebraska Omaha
Join the Great Plains states as we discuss Securing Water Resources for Tomorrow. On September 18 and 19, we’ll gather on the University of Nebraska Omaha campus to provide updates on water supply and water quality throughout the region. Topics include water smart communities and watersheds, water quality monitoring and treatment strategies, emerging contaminants, wellhead protection, education and outreach, basin management, and more.
Join researchers, governments, nonprofits, state agencies, and students from Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, and North Dakota to share how communities across the Great Plains are planning for their future water resources.
The conference has been approved for 11 hours of continuing education credits through the Nebraska water well standards. Approved sessions are marked (*) on the draft agenda linked above.
This event is sponsored by the Kansas Water Institute and the University of Nebraska – Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Registration
Conference registration is now open. To register for the conference, visit go.unl.edu/gpwc.
- Regular Registration (now through August 15): $400
- Late Registration (August 16 through September 4): $450
Registration includes all sessions and meals, as well as the Thursday evening reception.
Special pricing is available for students and faculty.
Student Research Poster Competition
Students from across the Great Plains are invited to compete in the Student Research Poster Competition. To submit your poster to compete in the student research poster competition, please register for the conference as a student. You’ll be asked to provide your research poster information during registration. The poster competition announcement and rules are available below.
The conference agenda will be available on this webpage later this summer. Any questions about the conference can be sent to Ann Briggs at annbriggs@nebraska.edu.
Parking Instructions for University of Nebraska staff
Conference attendees who have parking passes for UNL or Nebraska Innovation Campus can request reciprocal parking on UNO’s campus. To park on the UNO campus, UNL permit holders must notify UNL Parking and Transit Services and request that their permit be added to the reciprocal visitors list. Requests must be made from official UNL email accounts to unlpts@unl.edu.
UNO campus will be notified, and your license plate will be added to their permit roster. Access remains for the effective period of the UNL permit.
Do not wait until the week of the event as that is not enough time to complete this. If you do wait this long, you must do the online visitor permit purchase of $4.00 per day
Parking Instructions for all other conference attendees
Conference attendees who do not have parking passes for other University of Nebraska campuses will need to obtain a UNO Visitor Parking Permit. Follow the steps below to purchase a daily visitor parking pass for $4/day. You will need a separate parking pass for each day of the conference.
- Visit MavPark’s website at https://unoparking.t2hosted.com/Account/Portal
- Create a guest account by clicking ‘sign up’ in the upper right corner
- Log in with your email and password you created under the guest account
- Purchase a daily visitor permit for $4.00 (one for each day)
- Parking is allowed at UNO in all surface lots that are not reserved, any garage (East is closest to venue)
- Do Not park in a reserved parking lot or space
Travel details
There are several hotels near the conference center. Attendees are welcome to choose the hotel that best suits their needs, as there is no formal room block for this event.
For travelers arriving from out of state, the Eppley Airport in Omaha, Nebraska, is the closest airport.