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Few Answers to Worsening Water Crisis in Kansas

By Jim McLean
Published August 26, 2015 at 4:02 PM CDT
(Photo via FreeImages.com/Crissy Pauley)
(Photo via FreeImages.com/Crissy Pauley)

There are few things more vital than water. Water sustains life. And in an agricultural state like Kansas, it also sustains the economy. But across the state, concerns are growing, concerns about potential shortages in some areas and problems with water quality in others. Jim McLean, of the KHI News Service, has this overview.

The series of stories about Kansas water issues written by freelance reporter Sarah Green can be found on KHI News Service websites. Here are direct links to two of them: People Here Drink the Water All the Time and Clear Drinking Water for Southeast Kansas Essential but Costly.

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Click here to find all of Sarah Green's reports on water.
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Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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