It's now official. Governor Brownback with support from Agriculture Secretary Rodman and the Kansas Water Office are co-sponsoring a Water Summit here in Colby, KS on July 21, 2011. The venue will be the Colby Community College Cultural Arts Center. The focus will be groundwater in the High Plains Aquifer (Ogallala) - with forays into at least conservation, use-it-or-lose-it, and economic advances in water use. The final issue agenda has not been set yet, so other topics are likely to be served up as well. Stay tuned.
The summit will start at
9:30 10:00 A.M. and will conclude at
12 noon 3:30 P.M. with a lunch being provided. The session will be looking for all ideas regarding the advancement of conservation and economic growth from water uses - hopefully simultaneously. I am pleased to report that the summit organizers appear to be genuinely seeking ideas, and not just using this venue to showcase their ideas of where the state should be heading.
I'll pick up this topic again following the summit with all the closing remarks I feel need to be expressed. Perhaps we can continue the dialog a bit right here for those interested.
(Summit times were updated June 14, 2011 at 7:08 P.M. - WAB)
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