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This year's poster contest winner is Natalie Narváez for her poster, "An Overlooked Pathway: Contaminants in Firefighting Wastewater Runoff." Narváez is a master's student in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where she is advised by Dr. Grace Wilson. 

The 2026 Minnesota Water Resources Conference, hosted by the Minnesota Water Resources Center (WRC), brought together 920 people from across the United States at the St. Paul RiverCentre on October 13-14^th to network and hear from speakers about water topics ranging from chloride pollution, the water workforce, restoration of the Mississippi River, to sulfate pollution, and more.

Every year, members of the Minnesota Water Resources Conference awards subcommittee carefully select recipients of two awards named after significant figures in the Minnesota water community, Deborah L. Swackhamer and Dave Ford. Each recipient received their award on the first day of the 2026 Water Resources Conference.

Water Resources Center's extension educator, Amelia Olsen, speaks on how to interpret lead test results in your home.

Water Resources Center Extension Educator, Jessy Carlson, launched a one-day course in Vegetation Identification and Maintenance Techniques for Stormwater Treatment Practices back in August, 2026.