HAB Stakeholder Meeting

KDHE’s 2016 HAB Stakeholder Meeting Thursday, January 7, 2016 Curtis Building, Room 530 Topeka, KS

8:30 - 8:45 Introduction Tom Stiles  New personnel at KDHE  Make sure to sign list for 2016 season  KDHE – Recap of 2015 Across the State

8:45– 9:00 KDHE Plan Changes in 2016 Mike Butler

9:00 – 9:15 Public Water Supply Rex Cox  Testing in 2015, Lessons Learned, Planning 2016

9:15 – 9:45 New Test Equipment  Laboratory Analysis of Cyanotoxins Tony Stahl  Test Strips Marvin Boyer

9:45 – 10:00 BREAK

10:00 – 10:15 Public Health Impact of Harmful Algal Blooms- Farah Ahmed Kansas, 2015

10:15 – 11:15 The 2015 Milford Study  How well did zoning the lake work RJ Harms  KDHE Findings Tom Stiles  USACE 2015 Water Quality Sampling Results & Trends Marvin Boyer  USGS Findings Guy Foster

11:15 – 11:45 USACE New Signage and Other Public Interactions RJ Harms

11:45 – 12:15 USGS Discussion on the Kansas River Monitoring Jennifer Graham Results  Similar and dissimilar aspects with the Ohio River

12:15 – 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 – 1:15 Tulsa District and National USACE HAB Activity Tony Clyde Update

1:15 – 1:30 A Call for the Collection of National Data Keith Lofton

1:30 – 2:00 Impacts Statewide Due to HABs KDWP&T  Revenues  Fisheries Management

2:00 – 2:30 Veteran’s Lake, Great Bend Scott Keeler Bryan Sowards

2:30 – 2:45 BREAK

2:45 – 3:15 Nutrient Abatement Efforts of Multiple State Jaime Gaggero Water Agencies

3:15 – 3:30 “The Effects of Nutrient Loading in Kansas Surface Pattie Haines-Lieber Water Bodies”, a New Educational Program

3:30 – 3:45 BGA Impact on Lake Businesses Rick Dykstra 3:45-4:00 Final Comments/Questions/Conclusion