Since the next Ogallala Aquifer Summit is right around the corner, this month’s txH2O highlight is on the article Ogallala Aquifer Summit from the Ogallala Aquifer-themed issue of txH2O.
In 2018, the Ogallala Water Coordinated Agriculture Project partnered with the Kansas Water Office to bring more than 200 water management professionals from all eight Ogallala region states together for the Ogallala Aquifer Summit.
The main goals of this event were to build cross-state relationships among a wide range of water management stakeholders; encourage information exchange, drawing heavily from and building on the experience and expertise of producers; and identify opportunities for collaboration within and across state lines to boost the impact of efforts being made to help address the region’s water-related challenges.
According to the article, participants said finding ways to keep multistate conversations going is important. The upcoming summit seeks to continue that conversation started in 2018.
Read the full article to catch up on the last Summit and sign up to attend the upcoming Ogallala Aquifer Summit: a virtual event scheduled for February 24-25, 2021.