2/5/2008

Each year, money from the State Water Plan Fund is used to address water resource issues in the Solomon River Basin and around the state.  An update of state activities and policy development will be on the agenda of the Solomon Basin Advisory Committee meeting at 7 p.m. Monday February 18, 2008 at the Division of Water Resources Field Office, 820 South Walnut, Stockton, Kansas.

    The Solomon Basin Advisory Committee is one of 12 such groups in the state. The committees advise the Kansas Water Authority on local and state water issues, serve as a sounding board for state-initiated policy, and share water resource information with basin residents. The Kansas Water Authority proposes water resource policy for consideration by the Governor and Kansas Legislature.  The February 18th meeting will focus on basin issues to be forwarded for consideration for continued efforts or developed as new areas to be addressed.

    One item for Committee review and consideration will be the Kansas Water Plan 2007 Status Report that includes basin-by-basin information. The Report and the meeting agenda is available on the Kansas Water Office website at www.kwo.org or may be obtained by calling the Kansas Water Office at (785) 296-3185 or (888) KAN-WATER (526-9283).

    Contact the Kansas Water Office if special accommodations are needed at the meeting site. For further information about the meeting, call Diane Coe, Kansas Water Office water resource planner.

Note to Editor:  The Americans with Disabilities Act, (42 U.S.C. 12101), requires the Kansas Water Office to print the reasonable accommodations message.

7 p.m. Monday, February 18, 2008
Division of Water Resources Field Office
820 South Walnut, Stockton, Kansas