The 60th annual meeting of the Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission (KOARC) will be held in the Sedgwick Room at the K-State Research and Extension – Sedgwick County Education Center, located at 7001 W 21st Street N, Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.

The meeting will be open to the public and will also be livestreamed on the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Water Resources YouTube channel. Anyone interested in water-related activities within the lower Arkansas River basin in Kansas and Oklahoma is encouraged to attend the meeting or watch the livestream.

Kansas and Oklahoma entered the Arkansas River Compact in 1965. The purposes of the Compact are to promote interstate comity, to equitably divide and promote the orderly development of the waters of the lower Arkansas River basin, to provide an agency for administering the waters of the basin, and to encourage an active pollution abatement program in each state.

The Compact Commission is composed of three Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Kansas and three Commissioners appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma; it is chaired by a federal representative appointed by the President of the United States.

Questions about the meeting can be addressed to Lizzie Hickman, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources, at 785-564-6679 or Elizabeth.Hickman@ks.gov. Additional information about KOARC and the annual meeting, including a link to the livestream, can be found on the KDA website at www.agriculture.ks.gov/KOARC.  

KOARC is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center.