The Ogallala Aquifer Advisory Committee will hold their first meeting of 2012 next week. The committee will continue looking at short and long term options for the aquifer and its stakeholders.

The committee will meet Monday in Garden City at the K-State Research and Extension Office.  Plans for the 2012 water legislation rollout plan will be discussed as well as Texas’ and other western state’s approach to management and conservation of their groundwater. The agenda is posted on the Kansas Water Office web site.