Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Water Office today announced that $85 million over five years will go toward water projects with the launch of the Technical Assistance Fund Grants and Water Projects Fund Grants programs. Both grant programs provide funding for up-front technical assistance and on-the-ground actions needed to address water quantity and quality issues around the state.
Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, presented GIS Coordinator, Katie Goff, of the Kansas Water Office with the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award on July 12, 2023, at the annual Esri User Conference (Esri UC). Selected from hundreds of thousands of users, the Kansas Water Office received the award for its innovative use of mapping and analytics technology, as well as creating efficiencies in their data-sharing approach.