In general, Indiana is rich in water. However, will Hoosiers have enough water in 2050 or 2100 under a warming climate? A report sponsored by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce in 2014 states, "Why water? The Answer: Water is . . . jobs and economic development. Among the fifty states, Indiana has the highest percentage of its economy dependent on water."

It does not need much explanation to say that freshwater resources are immensely important to economic and social development in Indiana. We need water of sufficient quality and quantity to meet our domestic needs, grow our food, manufacture our goods, generate electricity, and support our ecosystems.

As part of the Grand Challenges project Prepared for Environmental Change (PfEC), we have leveraged IU’s exceptional cyberinfrastructures and constructed computer-based models to answer the question: What does climate change mean for Indiana’s water resources? Successful preparation for the future of water resources requires us all not only to put the best sciences into our forecasts but also to change the ways that scientific results are communicated. To communicate to researchers, specialists, policy makers, and the public, we are developing a community platform. On the platform, you can download model data, view the modeling results via interactive maps, and run modified models on IU’s High Performance Computing infrastructure.