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Census: Kansas population continues to shift
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Estimates: More people moving from rural areas into urban centers By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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BAKER UNIVERSITY FIFTH-YEAR SENIOR MIKE STURM, BALDWIN CITY, STEADIES A SCOPE as he looks across a pool of water to spot a nest of shore birds during a Baker biology class trip with Scott Kimball, assistant professor of biology, back left, March 31 at the Baker Wetlands. The class, which has taken several trips to the Baker Wetlands throughout the semester, spent part of the morning observing various bird species and their nests at the wetlands. TOP PHOTO: Some waterfowl take off in flight at the wetlands.
Expanded Baker Wetlands a resource for wildlife, nature lovers By Elvyn Jones Twitter: @ElvynJ
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oud bullfrogs greeted Scott Kimball’s Baker University ornithology class on a recent morning at a Baker Wetlands viewing site. It was a good sign the
frogs were singing so loudly early in the morning in the marsh to the north of the viewing lot, Kimball said. They would soon be laying eggs, which would provide food for the growing number and diversity of birds living or visiting the wetlands.
It wasn’t at the frogs’ marsh that Kimball and six students trained their binoculars and three scopes, but at the pool of open water to the south. Soon, Kimball started pointing out and naming species for his students and explaining the differences between divers
and dapples and challenging them to identify a bird among the ducks. “That one is not a duck. What is it? That’s what you’re going to have to figure out,” he said before identifying the bird as a coot.
The state of Kansas has become significantly more urban in the last five years as the Kansas City and Lawrence metropolitan areas gained large numbers of new residents, mostly at the expense of smaller rural communities, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates. From 2010 through 2015, those estimates show, the population of Kansas grew 2.1 percent, about half the rate of the United States as a whole, which grew 4.1 percent. But nearly all of that growth in Kansas can be attributed to just three counties — Johnson, Wyandotte and Douglas — which grew by a combined 4.9 percent. That accounted for 84 percent of all the net growth in the state over the five-year period.
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EPA cites no health violations in Lawrence’s water supply Utilities department working on quality report By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling
During the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich., USA Today found there were nearly 2,000 other water systems in the United States that tested for excessive levels of lead, and The Associated Press is reporting 18 water systems
in Kansas have exceeded the federal standard of lead levels. The city of Lawrence has remained off those lists. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Information System, Lawrence hasn’t had a health-based violation at least in the past 10 years.
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18 water systems in Kansas show high lead samples Wichita (ap) — About 18 private and government water systems in mostly small towns or rural areas in Kansas have had reported lead levels in their water samples exceeding federal limits, according to Environmental Protection Agency records examined by The Associated Press. Please see LEAD, page 5A
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The city’s utilities department is arranging a presentation to the City Commission on Lawrence’s water quality, said Jeanette Klamm, a management analyst with the department. It will outline current lead-control practices and planned, future initiatives for keeping Lawrence’s water free
of contaminants. Klamm explained that in the water systems where lead is found, lead is leached from city or privately-owned pipes after it’s been treated. As is required of all water treatment plants, Lawrence adds chemical phosphates that coat the inside of pipes, protecting the water.
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