Kansas LifeLine

The March 2013 issue of KRWA's magazine, The Kansas Lifeline, has been delivered, replete with a look ahead to the 2013 Conference & Exhibition, legislation, political issues, technical help, financial advice, and community news, as well as favorites: Letters, Fun & Philosophy, and Bits & Pieces! View articles by clicking on the Magazine's Table of Contents page below. If this online sampling of the magazine piques your interest, you can obtain a hard copy full edition of our Award Winning publication by emailing or calling the KRWA office. 

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2 Letters 6 Let’s Pull Together– A Message by KRWA President Sam Atherton 8 "Rural Water" Helped Make 2012 a Positive Year for Water Systems 12 Legally Relevant: Open Records and Open Meetings in the Electronic Age 16 Facts About KDHE Water and Wastewater Certification Programs 18 Ergs, Joules & Such – Notes on Energy Savings for the Rural Water Community and Maybe Others 20 Public Wholesale Water Supply District 18 and Rural Development Prove a Project Can Proceed in Quick Fashion 24 Most Small Public Water Supplies Required to Develop Stage 2 DBPR Compliance Monitoring Plan by October 1, 2013 28 Addressing High Nitrates in an Unconventional, Possibly Better Way 32 City of Bushton Well Constructed at Affordable Cost 34 46th Annual Conference & Exhibition Program – "Let’s Pull Together" 58 Computer Corner: Ready or Not – Windows 8 Is Here 62 Eudora’s Fight for Independence – A Natural Resource Conflict 68 Membership Listing of the Kansas Rural Water Association - 2012 70 "Let’s Pull Together" to Maintain and Sustain Your Water System 72 Changes in Technology Help KRWA Map More, and Better 76 Leavenworth Water Department Utilizes Trenchless Technology for Waterline Replacement 80 Spring Cleaning: "For Your Computer . . . Inside and Out" 84 The Impact of FOG, Otherwise Known as Fat, Oil and Grease 88 When the well nearly runs dry. . . Ongoing Drought Affects Another Small Town in Kansas 92 Get Payback With Adequate and Fair Rates 94 Hiawatha Gets Good Rates 96 180 Kansas Water Systems Receive $7,933,390.83 in Atrazine Settlement Case 98 Bits & Pieces: Former city clerk in prison; Thayer in a pinch . . . and more 104 Fun & Philosophy

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