Established in 2022, the New Voices in Water Quality Awards celebrate all avenues of water quality advocacy across the state, including:

• Water Quality in Public Policy and Government

• Water Quality and Wildlife

• Water Quality Research, Engineering, and Design

• Youth and/or Community Water Education

• Urban Water Conservation

• Emerging Voices

The New Voices in Water Quality Awards are a collaboration of Iowa State University’s Conservation Learning Group and Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources (United States Environmental Protection Agency | Section 319 of the Clean Water Act).