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Joint Meetings of the Basin Advisory Committees

The Basin Advisory Committees provide insight and advice on water issues to the Kansas Water Authority and serve as a forum for community involvement.  Each of the state's 12 principal river basins has a Basin Advisory Committee.

Renewable fuel production and the impact to our water resources is an issue that each of the BACs have expressed an interest in learning more.  This joint Basin Advisory Committee meeting is to provide a broad scope of information in an unbiased, open format.

Meeting Dates and Locations
December 5, 2007 Emporia State University - Agenda
December 7, 2007 Garden City Community College - Agenda
*Rescheduled*
December 11, 2007
January 9, 2008
Ft. Hays State University - Agenda

Each of the above meetings will cover the same basic agenda including a status of proposed plants in Kansas, biofuel production alternatives, ethanol plant emissions and water consumption, and much more.  View the Brochure here for more information:  - Brochure

Attendance at the Joint BAC meeting is free, however, registration was required by November 15, 2007.   Lunch and refreshments will be provided to all WHO HAVE PRE-REGISTERED.

We will post the presentations from each meeting to this website following the completion of the meetings.  Check back for more information!

PowerPoint Presentations

Breakout Session Comments - from all Bioenergy and Water Conferences
Speech by Senator Janis Lee at Hays Energy and Water Conference
Growing a Kansas Bioeconomy - Adrian Polansky, KS Dept. of Agriculture
Direction of the Fuel Ethanol Industry
- Including Water Use - Greg Krissek, ICM
Resource Planning - Kansas Energy Plan & Kansas Water Plan
- Liz Brosius, KEC
Water Quantity Breakout Session
- Kansas Water Office
Cellulosic Ethanol:  Status and Potential
- Praveen V. Vadlani, KSU
Water Appropriation and Changes in Water Use
- David Barfield, KS Dept. of Agriculture
Economics of Bioenergy Growth in Kansas
- Mike Woolverton and Dan O'Brien, KSU
Environmental Impacts of Biofuel Production and Processing
- W. L. Hargrove, KSU
Status of Proposed Plants in Kansas
- KS Dept. of Commerce & KS Corporation Commission
Planning Considerations for Energy Production
- Keith Beatty, City of Emporia
Water Conditions and Water Conservation Programs in Kansas
- Kansas Water Office
Renewables
- Representative Tom Moxley

 

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