The Arkansas River Speakers Bureau provides 30-minute presentations for meetings, conferences and other education and information sessions. The speakers are representatives from the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas State University, Arkansas River Coalition, and Kansas Canoe and Kayak Association.

Presentation topics include:

• Water Conservation and Management
• Drinking Water and Wastewaster Management
• History
• Biology and Chemistry
• Recreation

Water Conservation and Management

• What's in Your Water?
  Rural and Urban Best Management Practices

• Rain Gardens: Helping Nature Keep Water Clean

• Water Conservation...It's a Lifestyle

• Low Water Landscaping is Smart and Beautiful

Drinking Water and Wastewater Management

• Urban Sewers: Better to Learn About Them Than to Smell Them

• Private Wells and Septic Systems in the City - Your Water, Your Environment, Your Health

• Your Drinking Water...A to Z

• Wastewater Plant Operations Specializing in POOP: Pursuing Options Other than Pollution

• Don't Flush That Down the Drain!
  Pretreatment Regulations

• Water Quality Monitoring Activities in the Arkansas River Watershed

History

• In the Middle of It All: A History of Riverside Park in Wichita

Biology and Chemistry

• Fish Stories: "Tails" of the Past, Present and Future

Recreation

• Canoeing and Kayaking on the Arkansas River

• Take Me to the River
  Youth Riverbank Exploration Activities

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