A Model Cooperative Partnership: Dickinson County, Kansas, Water Improvement Program
Presented by: David Gurss, Dickinson County Water Improvement Program

Formed in 1997 in response to high nitrate levels in the Sand Springs Aquifer, the Dickinson County Water Improvement Program is funded by an EPA 319 grant to the City of Abilene. The Program’s project administrator, David Gurss, is directed by a joint city/county board and is located in the county conservation district/NRCS office. This session discusses how this cooperative arrangement has helped gain community-wide support for several projects coordinated by the Program. Part of the discussion will focus on the public education program. The Program received a State of Kansas Pollution Prevention (P2) award in 2000 in the category of “education/communication.”

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