Kansas LifeLine

The March 2008 issue of KRWA's magazine, The Kansas Lifeline, is now here, replete with features on 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 Rural water/municipal planning – a strategy for success? 2008 Conference: training, technology, fellowship, teamwork 8 2008 Conference: training, technology, fellowship, teamwork 12 $1.4 million upgrade helps Cherokee RWD 3 meet demands 16 Making changes for over 30 years, Butler RWD 3, ‘76 -‘08 20 Kansas mutual aid and emergency response = teamwork 24 City of Atchison addressing combined sewer overflows 28 St. Francis KAN STEP – working in the extreme! 32 New database program is takeoff from tried and proven program 34 Is now a good time to refinance debt? 38 Why update the browser? 42 Legally Relevant – Unpaid water bills and the sale of land: potential issues for RWDs and their customers 46 Weaving the wireless Web: leasing property for cell phone equipment 50 Rechlorination of combined chlorine water: a case study 54 Options for heating during prolonged power outages 58 Guard against becoming a victim of fraud 60 2008 Conference and Exhibition program 84 Computer Corner: Merle and Linda Windler, computer Q & A 86 Disasters in Kansas during ‘07 get water users a boiling! 90 KAN STEP water system success grows for communities and RWDs 94 Florence and Rock Springs Center – two groundwater systems required to meet surface water requirements 98 Producers are making a difference in the Cheney Lake Watershed 102 De Soto attacks water loss with a reduction of nearly 350-gpm 106 Are you ready for the next big storm or emergency? 110 GPS mapping beats the old drawing board days! 114 A homemade display just might save the day! 118 Bits & Pieces 128 Fun & Philosophy

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