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Iowa Water Events

2003 has been declared the International Year of FreshWater by the United Nations. Visit the website for details and to learn about water issues around the world.
1997 was the tenth aniversery of Iowa's Groundwater Protection Act.
To celebrate 1997 was declared the Year of Water.
To learn more visit the
Year of Water homepage.
The remainder of this page is dedicated to annual events in Iowa which include water
as a focus and to Museums or other historical/scientific places which add to our water
knowledge or heritage. If you know of an event or place not listed please contact the
Iowa Project WET office
so that it may be added to this page.
Events and Celebrations
January --
Iowa Games Winter Sports Festival
April --
Iowa City Riverfest
Earth Week
May --
Iowa
Children's Water Festival, Third Thursday
Lincoln Highway Bridge Festival
Stubb's Eddy River Rendezvous
Clear Lake, Lake Race
My Waterloo Days Canoe Race, Water Show
June --
Frontier Days, Fort Dodge
Two Rivers Festival, Des Moines
Burlington Steamboat Days
Good Old River Days, Greene
Marengo Catfish Days
Mississippi Annual Down-River Adventure by Canoe, Bellevue
Quad City Great River Ramble
July --
Clear Lake July 4th Celebration
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival, Dragon Boat Races
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Davenport
Riverbend Rally, Iowa Falls
Cedar River Festival, Cedar Falls
Blackhawk Summer Water Carnival, Lake View
World's Biggest Beach Party, Williamsburg
Southside Boat Club Catfish Tournament
Tugfest, Tug of War Across the Mississippi, Le Claire
September --
Make a Splash Children's Water Festival, Fourth Friday
National Estuaries Day, Third Saturday Annually
Places and Organizations
Ice House Museum
1st & Franklin Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 Phone (319) 277-8817/266-5149
George Wyth House and Viking Pump Museum
303 Franklin Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 Phone (319) 277-8817/266-5149
Cedar Falls Water Reclamation
501 E 4th Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 Phone (319) 273-8633
Water Pollution/Flood Control
Waterloo, Iowa
Admin Phone (319) 291-4553
Young Arena (Hockey and Ice Skating)
715 Mulberry Street
Waterloo, Iowa 50703 Phone (319) 291-4300
Riverboat Museum
3rd Street
Dubuque, Iowa 5001 Phone (319) 557-9545
National River Hall of Fame
400 E 3rd Street
Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Phone (319) 583-1241
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Page last updated May 6, 2003.
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