The presence of Nitrate in the waters of Nebraska has taken center stage in recent years. This presentation will address how water quality is monitored in Nebraska, what the state of Nitrate is in Nebraska’s water, how state groups are working collaboratively to address these issues, and the ongoing University of Nebraska research being done on the impacts of Nitrate.

Speaker’s Bio
Katie Pekarek is a Water Quality Extension Educator in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She is a biological and agricultural engineer who works primarily with watershed management planning, nonpoint source pollution education, agricultural groups, and drinking water protection. Katie has been with Extension for 13 years and farms in Butler county.