STATEHOUSE – State Sen. Eric Koch (R-Bedford) was reappointed to the Indiana Geological and Water Survey Advisory Council (GWSAC) by Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville).
The GWSAC makes recommendations concerning the operations, performance, appropriations, and funding of the Indiana Geological and Water Survey (IGWS).
The IGWS is an official state agency charged with conducting geological research and disseminating information about the state’s energy, mineral, and water resources.
Senate Enrolled Act 278, passed during the 2022 legislative session, established the Center for Water within the IGWS to support long-term studies of the state’s water sources and provide resources to state agencies, municipalities, and water conservation groups upon request.
The IGWS has led geological research since geologist Dr. David Dale Owen was hired to conduct assessments of the state in 1837 and 1838. Before its formal establishment with Indiana University in 1993 through Indiana statute (IC 21-47-2), the IGWS was associated with the university for most of the 20th century.
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Sen. Koch, chairman of the Senate Committee on Utilities, holds a graduate certificate in Energy Policy Planning from the University of Idaho and is an attorney with the Koch Law Firm P.C. He is also the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Technology. He also serves on the Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law. Sen. Koch can be reached by phone at 800-382-9467.
