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The flow of water creates a splash and the blue waves underwater. (Adobe Stock │ #410296737- VRVIRUS)
Central Region, Kansas, Regional Roundup, Water

Registration open for water conference

Registration for the 2026 Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas is now open. Read More

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Kansas updates drought declarations as conditions worsen statewide

Agricultural irrigation system watering soy bean field in summer. (Adobe Stock │ #523881875 - Solid photos)
Central Region, Kansas, Regional Roundup, Water

K-State to host southwest Kansas meetings on water management, agricultural resilience

Silver waters abstract picture on a lake. (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #128666336 - Jenn's Photography)

Kansas governor puts 43 counties under drought watch

Kansas Water Office

KWO to offer water-related grants

Kansas awards $26 million to boost water projects

Sen. Carolyn McGinn, second from right, earned the 2024 Kansas Water Legacy Award at the Governor’s Water Conference Nov. j14 in Manhattan. She is pictured with Dawn Buehler, chair of the Kansas Water Authority; Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Connie Owen, director of the Kansas Water Office. (Photo by Bill Spiegel.)

Kansas set to act upon water issues

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Governor Kelly announces more than $320,000 for seven Kansas Water Plan Partnership Initiative projects

Center pivot

Groundwater is front and center—then and now

The 360 RAIN irrigation system is the newest technology in place at the Flickner Innovation Farm near Moundridge. (Photo courtesy Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment, July 12, 2024)

Kansas Innovation Farm to unveil new irrigation technology

Kansas Water Office implementation meetings.

Public input meetings held for implementation of Kansas Water Plan