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Republican River Compact Administration meets Aug. 27

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The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

The Republican River Compact Administration will hold its annual meeting Aug. 27 at the McCook Community College East Campus, 905 E. Seventh St. in McCook, Nebraska.

The RRCA meeting will focus on water-related issues and activities, including compact compliance, within the Republican River basin in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska.

In addition, the RRCA will hold a working session to prepare for the annual meeting, also at the McCook Community College East Campus. Both the working session and the annual meeting are open to the public.

Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska entered into the Republican River Compact in 1943 to provide for the equitable division of the basin’s waters, remove causes of potential controversy and promote interstate cooperation and joint action by the states and the U.S. in the efficient use of water and the control of destructive floods. The RRCA is composed of three commissioners representing Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska: KDA–DWR Chief Engineer Earl Lewis; Colorado State Engineer Jason Ullmann; and Nebraska Department of Water, Energy and Environment Chief Water Officer Matt Manning.

Individuals with questions about the meeting should contact Chris Beightel, KDA water management services program manager, at [email protected] or 785-564-6659.

For additional information about the Republican River compact and this year’s annual meeting, visit agriculture.ks.gov/RRCA.

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