Great Lakes Water Conference
25th Annual Great Lakes Water Conference
"Water Security and the Great Lakes Region"
Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET
Virtual Conference - Registration required
Water Security can be described as the availability of water of a quality and quantity sufficient to sustain human health and well-being, livelihoods, ecosystems, and economic production. Water Security, therefore, includes a population’s ability to protect it from both man-made and natural threats. Panelists will explore questions of water security, including water treatment cybersecurity, aging water infrastructure, and climate-related natural disasters. This year’s conference will be conducted virtually as a live webinar.
The conference is sponsored by The University of Toledo College of Law and its affiliated Legal Institute of the Great Lakes.
Application has been approved for Ohio CLE credit from the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 2.5 hours of CLE credit.
Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming 25th Annual Great Lakes Water Conference, including the registration link.
Previous Conferences
Historically, water law has been the province of lawyers and policymakers in the arid western United States. In recent years, however, lawmakers in the Great Lakes region have come to recognize the critical role that water management plays in securing a healthy and vibrant society over the long term. In recognition of this development, the College of Law and the Legal Institute of the Great Lakes sponsor annual conferences each fall on water issues of importance to the Great Lakes region and the nation. For more information, explore the conference brochure links below.
- 2024: Climate Migration in the Great Lakes Region
- 2023: The Clean Water Act's Next Fifty Years
- 2022: Public Health and Water
- 2021: Climate Change and the Great Lakes
- 2020: Water in the Courts
- 2019: Lake Erie Bill of Rights, PFAS, Plus More
- 2018: Regional Water and More
- 2017: The Trump and Trudeau Administrations on Water
- 2016: Safe Drinking Water: A Tale of Three Cities
- 2015: Algae, Pipelines, and More
- 2014: Defining and Defending Our Waters
- 2013: Algae: A Blooming Problem in the Great Lakes and Beyond
- 2012: New Laws Impacting Water Quality and Quantity
- 2011: More Than Diversions: Compact, Fracking, Shores and Carp
- 2010: Renewable Energy, Drugs and More in Our Waters
- 2009: Stimulating, Restoring, and Protecting the Great Lakes
- 2008: Implementing the Compact, Transboundary Pollution, and Groundwater
- 2007: Invasive Species, Ethanol, and Updates on the Compact
- 2006: Climate Change, the Courts, and a Common Water Policy
- 2005: National Water Crisis: Energy and Access for All?
- 2004: Drawing the Line
- 2003: Beneath the Surface
- 2002: Great Lakes Neighbors: Managing International Waters in Crisis
- 2001: The National Water Crisis: A Great Lakes Response