Producers can help shape Oklahoma's next water plan

Date of release: 3/29/2007

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB), along with the Water Research Institute, is working on an update to the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan, which was first published in 1980 and updated in 1997. The five-year study will address the needs of Oklahomans in regard to water. A series of meetings to be held across the state will provide Farm Bureau leaders with an important opportunity to shape the state's next water plan.

Each meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma Farm Bureau urges its members to attend these meetings and provide input about agriculture and rural Oklahoma's water needs.

Following is a partial list of scheduled local input meetings for the statewide water plan:
• April 12 - Beaver, Beaver County Fairgrounds Pavilion
• April 19 - Goodwell, Oklahoma Panhandle Research and Extension Center Conference Room
• April 26 - Woodward, City of Woodward, Pioneer Room
• May 3 - Alva, Woods County Fairgrounds, Women's Building
• May 8 - Sayre, Western Technology Center Conference Room
• May 15 - Lawton, Great Plains Technology Center, Worley Center 301 B
• May 17 - Weatherford, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Conference Center
• May 29 - Hobart, Western Technology Center, Conference Center
• May 31 - Altus, Western Oklahoma State College
• June 12 - Duncan, Stephens County Fairgrounds and Expo Center
• June 19 - Enid, Garfield County Fairgrounds, Hoover Building
• June 21 - El Reno, Canadian Valley Career Tech, Conference Center
• June 28 - Kingfisher, Kingfisher County Fairgrounds, Exhibit Building
• July 12 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County Extension Office
• July 19 - Norman, Cleveland County Fairgrounds, North Classroom
• August 7 - Shawnee, Gordon Cooper Vo Tech Seminar Center
• August 23 - Kellyville, Creek County Fairgrounds (Room TBA)

More information, as well as meeting updates, can be found on the Water Research Institute's Web site at http://environ.okstate.edu/owrri/waterplan/.