The
Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA) will hold its 2021 annual
meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 25, at 213 McMillen Hall at McCook
Community College, 1205 E 3rd Street, McCook, Nebraska. A virtual
meeting option can be accessed at the Kansas Department of Agriculture Division
of Water Resources website: agriculture.ks.gov/RRCA.
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, RRCA
will hold a work session to prepare for the annual meeting at 8:30 a.m., also
at the McCook Community College location with virtual meeting option via Zoom.
Both the work 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 Kevin Rein; and Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Director Tom
Riley.
Individuals who
have questions regarding the meeting should contact Chris Beightel, KDA water
management services program manager, at Chris.Beightel@ks.gov or 785-564-6659 for more
information.
For additional
information about the Republican River compact and this year’s annual meeting,
please visit agriculture.ks.gov/RRCA.