SAVE THE DATE! 2025 State Water Plan - Round 1 Public Input Meetings

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Save The Date!
2025 State Water Plan - Round 1 Public Input Meetings

* No Registration required for this event *
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*Round 1 meetings for the 2025 Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan will be held as follows:

August 15 | Southwest Technology Center (done)

August 16 | Chickasaw Nation Community Center (done)

August 17 | Rogers State University (done)

August 29 | High Plains Technology Center | 3921 34th St., Woodward, OK 73801

August 30 | OSU-Oklahoma City | 900 N. Portland Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73107

*** Future Rounds will be held in other locations TBA ***

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is pleased to announce the first in a series of stakeholder input meetings in locations across the state focused on the 2025 update of Oklahoma’s Comprehensive Water Plan (OCWP). Participants will have an opportunity in this and subsequent meetings to engage and voice their ideas on current and future water-related challenges and solutions, both in their region and statewide.  We will review state policy and water reliability initiatives resulting from stakeholder recommendations of the 2012 OCWP, as well as learn about the preliminary results of the infrastructure investment needs surveys. This round will build on input from several focused discussions held to initiate the scope of work for the 2025 OCWP and will generally follow the same agenda in each of five locations around the state.

 

Agenda (afternoon and evening opportunities at each meeting location)

  • Session 1
    Target participants: local officials, water utility suppliers, regulated industry, commercial agricultural producers, economic development entities, and representing organizations
    2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
    • 2025 OCWP status and roadmap of future engagement meetings.
    • Group discussion of the most pressing issues that may impact water, economic growth, and quality of life in your area.
    • Quick review of implementation of 2012 stakeholder recommendations and resulting state legislation and investment.
    • Quick review of preliminary findings of 2025 Water Provider Survey and Public Engagement Survey - *Deeper dives will be held in Rounds 2 and 3.
    • Participant ideas and suggestions on next generation of regional/statewide stakeholder recommendations to be included in the 2025 OCWP.
    • Wrap up - Anticipated timing and topics for the next local meetings.

  • Session 2
    Target attendees: general public
    5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
    • Oklahoma Water Resources Board - who we are and what we do.
    • Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan - background, 2012 OCWP recommendations and achievements, status of current update to the 2025 OCWP
    • Collect feedback.

Two virtual meetings - Target attendees: those that could not attend in-person meetings.

 

** Future meetings **
TBD - Anticipated quarterly through the end of 2024 with agendas reflecting OCWP activities and findings