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Liquid assetFriday, August 13, 2004 3:05:50 PM <br />Close This Window <br />By SCOTT ALDIS- WILSON <br />scottaw @gctelegram.com <br />Posted on Friday, August 13, 2004 3:05:50 PM <br />As one of the first presenters at Thursday's summer conference of the Kansas Water Congress, <br />Colorado Water Congress Executive Director Dick �$avy began with words of wisdom from <br />Mark Twain- "Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over." <br />But while the quote sums up the sometimes tumultuous nature of water supplies in the Midwest, <br />there were no raised voices or punches thrown over the next seven hours in Garden City Community <br />College's Beth Tedrow Student Center. <br />In fact, KWC executive director Dave Brenn said he was keeping track of the number of agreements <br />and disagreements among panelists in four panels of six to 10. <br />"Guess what? There's more commonality than disparity," he said. <br />There was certainly room for disagreement with an attendance of more than 120 and panelists <br />working in government, industry and farming all looking at subjects like management of the <br />dwindling Ogallala Aquifer and transition of irrigated land to dryland farming. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />http://www.gctelegram.com/news/2004/august/13/storyl.html 8/16/2004 <br />