News Release

Public Forum on Ozark Aquifer in TriState Area to Address

Long-Term Interstate Ground Water Availability

The public is invited to attend a forum about Ozark Aquifer water supply issues on Tuesday, November 20, 

7-9 p.m., at the Mills Anderson Justice Center, Missouri Southern State University,  Joplin, Missouri.  The forum will further the understanding of the Ozark Aquifer and communicate future plans and to-date accomplishments from the second year of a joint study being conducted in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.  The study is a partnership between several federal, state, and local agencies to address the issues of concern relative to the Ozark Aquifer.

The agenda will include presentations about the Ozark Aquifer and how the organizations are helping address the issues of concern and will include the study objectives, plans, and progress to-date.  Posters will be on display with more information about groundwater in the Tri-State area and allow opportunities for individual and group interactions, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

For more information about the Ozark Aquifer study, visit http://ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/studies/OzarkAquifer/index.html

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