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• KGWA Fall Scholarship Event

  • When
    September 29, 2023
  •  
    7:00 AM - 5:00 PM (CDT)
  • Location
    Russell, Kansas

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  KGWA Fall SCHOLARSHIP EVENT

  September 29, 2023

  LaSada Lodge
  3721 183rd Street
  Russell, Kansas 67665

  Join the KGWA Board of Directors and your fellow members at the LaSada Lodge in Russell, Kansas, on September 29, 2023 for our 1st Annual Fall Sporting Clay Shoot.

  Get ready for bird season while supporting KGWA’s efforts to provide scholarships to qualifying applicants!

  There will be food, fellowship, fun, and prizes.

  Registration fee

  • $150 per person, which includes food, participatory “swag”, one round of 50 sporting clays, and two boxes of shells.

  Sponsorship opportunities
  

  • Sponsor a station — $250 — 12 available
  • Sponsor food and beverage — $500 — 2 available
  • Sponsor a break station (located between stations 6 and 7) — $500 — 1 available

  Prizes to be awarded

  • Best individual score
  • Best team score
  • Lowest individual score
  • Lowest team score

  Register online at left or click here to download a form that can be completed and returned to KGWA. Registration deadline is September 1, 2023.

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• KGWA 76th Annual Convention and Trade Show — Attendees

  • Start
    January 17, 2024
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    January 19, 2024
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Kansas Star Event Center, Mulvane, Kansas

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  Dear Friends of the Kansas Ground Water Association:

  As we celebrate our 76th anniversary, it is our hope that you will join us in Mulvane once again to continue supporting KGWA, learn a few new things, and visit with our vendors.

  There have been a few changes over the past 12 months, and we appreciate your flexibility and patience as we have addressed these.

  Participation remains vital to continue to grow KGWA and speak for our industry.

  We look forward to seeing you in January 2024!

  Please take a moment to review the schedule of events posted below. Be sure to register NOW and also reserve your hotel room (details below).

  • Click here to download the attendee brochure for more details.
  • Click here to download the exhibitor prospectus.

  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (subject to change)

  Wednesday, January 17

  • 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. — Licensing Exam Prep — there will be one hour for lunch on your own — please call the KGWA office to register for this offering and for additional information
  • 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. — Hazmat Refresher — there will be one hour for lunch on your own — this offering requires an additional fee as stated on the registration form
  • 4:00-6:00 p.m. — Registration open
  • 5:00-7:00 p.m. — Board Meeting

  Thursday, January 18

  • 7:00 a.m. — Prayer Breakfast
  • 7:00 a.m. — Registration opens
  • 7:00 a.m. — Vendor and equipment move-in starts
  • 8:00-9:00 a.m. — General session — PFAS — 1 CEU
  • 9:00-10:00 a.m. — DOT Regs — 1 CEU
  • 9:00-10:00 a.m. — First Aid — 1 CEU
  • 9:00-10:00 a.m. — Rig and Pump Hoist Safety — 1 CEU
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. — Electrical Safety — 1 CEU
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. — Geology of Western Kansas — 1 CEU
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. — Open Forum of Membership — 1 CEU
  • 11:00 a.m. — Vendor-only lunch
  • 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. — Acidizing/Treating Wells — 1 CEU
  • 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. — Kansas Ground Water Sustainability — 1 CEU
  • 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. — Tax Code on Water Wells — 1 CEU
  • 12:00 p.m. — Attendee lunch
  • 12:00 p.m. — Exhibit hall opens — 1 CEU
  • 3:00 p.m. — Bar opens
  • 4:30 p.m. — Exhibit hall closes
  • 4:30 p.m. — Vendor and equipment move-out starts
  • 5:00 p.m. — Section meetings
  • 5:30 p.m. — General Membership Meeting
  • 6:00 p.m. — Social reception starts, including cash bar
  • 6:30 p.m. — Banquet starts
  • 7:00 p.m. — Program starts — Studio D-E-F
  • 8:00 p.m. — Entertainment (fish race) — awards, NGWA update, scholarship
  • 8:00 p.m. — Entertainment, drawing, etc.

  Friday, January 19

  • 7:00 a.m. — Breakfast
  • 8:00-9:00 a.m. — Aquifer Pump Testing — 1 CEU
  • 8:00-9:00 a.m. — Business Modeling — 1 CEU
  • 8:00-9:00 a.m. — Soil Samples Types — 1 CEU
  • 9:00-10:00 a.m. — Residential Well Sampling — 1 CEU
  • 9:00-10:00 a.m. — Solar Pumps — 1 CEU
  • 9:00-10:00 a.m. — Water Well Development — 1 CEU
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. — Drill Bits — 1 CEU
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. — Hydrology of Kansas — 1 CEU
  • 10:00-11:00 a.m. — Well Reconstruction — 1 CEU
  • 11:00 a.m. — Event concludes

  VENUE

  Kansas Star Event Center
  777 Kansas Star Drive
  Mulvane, Kansas 67110

  HOTEL

  
  

  Hampton Inn & Suites I-35/Mulvane
  785 Kansas Star Drive
  Mulvane, Kansas 67110
  (316) 524-3777
  Accommodations: KGWA has secured a limited block of rooms on a first come, first served basis starting at the group rate of $99 per night, plus any applicable fees and taxes. This rate applies to the KGWA room block and is valid until the January 2 cutoff date, unless our room block has been filled before that date. To make your reservations online, visit https://group.hamptoninn.com/7isls8. If making your reservations by phone, use group code KGW and group name Kansas Ground Water. Remember, you are responsible for securing your own reservations. For guest check-in and checkout times, please contact the hotel directly.

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• KGWA 76th Annual Convention and Trade Show — Exhibitors/Sponsors/Advertisers

  • Start
    January 17, 2024
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    January 19, 2024
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Kansas Star Event Center, Mulvane, Kansas

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  Dear Vendor:

  Thank you for taking the time to review the exhibitor, sponsorship, and advertising opportunities that are available. We are looking forward to once again being able to celebrate our association at the Kansas Star Event Center in Mulvane in January of 2024. We hope that you will consider joining us for this special time.

  • Click here to download the exhibitor prospectus for the full details.

  VENUE

  Kansas Star Event Center
  777 Kansas Star Drive
  Mulvane, Kansas 67110

  HOTEL

  
  

  Hampton Inn & Suites I-35/Mulvane
  785 Kansas Star Drive
  Mulvane, Kansas 67110
  (316) 524-3777
  Accommodations: KGWA has secured a limited block of rooms on a first come, first served basis starting at the group rate of $99 per night, plus any applicable fees and taxes. This rate applies to the KGWA room block and is valid until the January 2 cutoff date, unless our room block has been filled before that date. To make your reservations online, visit https://group.hamptoninn.com/7isls8. If making your reservations by phone, use group code KGW and group name Kansas Ground Water. Remember, you are responsible for securing your own reservations. For guest check-in and checkout times, please contact the hotel directly.

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