Waterlines
A newsletter produced quarterly by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water.
The quarterly Waterlines newsletter contains information on:
- floodplain regulations
- news on upcoming events
- seminars and workshops concerning floodplain management
- other articles focusing on floodplain management and planning
Waterlines from the past year are available below. If you want to receive the newsletter by email, sign up here or contact the Division of Water at water_inquiry@dnr.IN.gov.
Waterlines Express
The Division of Water also offers a variety of Waterlines Express email newsletters based on water interests, including:
- Dam owner
- Engineer / consultant
- Floodplain property owner / resident
- Groundwater user / well driller / well owner / pump installer
- Lake property owner / resident
- Local government official
- Professionals whose work is impacted by water resource issues
Sign up for these newsletters here.
Recent newsletters are available below.
Waterlines Express
- 2025
- July 17 - Indiana Water and Soil Moisture Conditions
- July 7 - July is Lakes Appreciation Month
- July 3 - DIRT Conference Recap
- June 17 - Senate Bill 4: Water Transfers in Indiana
- June 10 - Indiana's Groundwater Rights Law
- June 4 - Healthy Lake Shorelines
- May 29 - Dam Safety Awareness Day
- May 13 - Post Flood High Water Marks
- April 24 - Lowhead Dam Safety
- April 17 - Streamflow Monitoring
- April 3 - Legal Lake Level
- March 28 - Notable Dam Failures
- March 21 - Flood Preparedness
- March 13 - Groundwater Awareness Week
- March 6 - Indiana Lakes Management Society
- Feb. 27 - Dams Hazard Creep
- Feb. 11 - Indiana's Imagery and Elevation Program
- Jan. 31 - Weekly Drought Monitoring
- Jan. 10 - Annual Report
- 2024
- Nov. 26 - Voluntary Monitoring Program Groundwater Wells
- Nov. 19 - Low head dam removal on Big Blue River
- Nov. 14 - Aerators in winter
- Nov. 8 - Best Available Floodplain Layer
- Nov. 1 - WWDPI Licensing
- Oct. 23 - Dam Safety and Emergency Action Plans
- Oct. 17 - Public Freshwater Lake Beaches
- Oct. 10 - Logjams
- Oct. 3 - Aquifer Systems Mapping
- Sept. 24 - Dam Inspector Q&A
- Sept. 19 - Temporary Piers
- Sept. 12 - Division of Water Open House
- Aug. 29 - National Flood Insurance Program
- Aug. 22 - Digitization of Water Well Records
- Aug. 16 - Dam Owner Best Practices
- Aug. 6 - Shoreline Classification
- Aug. 2 -Functions of Floodplains
Waterlines Flume for Engineers
Waterlines Express for Conservancy Districts