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Public Water Supply
System GIS Mapping Assistance Program
The Public Water Supply
System GIS Mapping Assistance Program
is designed to promote modern mapping of public water supply systems in
the State of Kansas. Mapping of water supply infrastructure provides a
number of benefits, including the capacity to more accurately respond to
facility locate requests (such as Kansas One Call). System operations
and maintenance also benefit from more easily locating problems;
completing repairs; and scheduling maintenance.
The GIS Mapping Assistance Program,
funded through the Clean Drinking Water Fee Fund, provides grant funding
to public water suppliers for assistance with GIS mapping projects that
meet the program parameters. The Clean Drinking Water Fee Fund provides
a source of funding for technical assistance to public water supply
systems across the state.
The decision to map a system is
determined by the governing body of the public water supply system. The
GIS Mapping Assistance Program is a voluntary program to provide
assistance to qualifying systems to map public water supply
infrastructure.
In order to receive
funding, a mapping proposal must be submitted to the Kansas Water
Office. The Kansas Water Office has developed forms for application
(listed below in pdf format).
For more information
on the program see
Public Water Supply
System GIS Mapping Grant Assistance Program.
Watershed Unit
Projects
The Kansas Water
Office is involved in several projects related to the protection and
restoration of federal water supply reservoirs in Kansas. Reservoirs
experience a life cycle in which nutrient levels and sediment deposition
increase over time. Sediment accumulation reduces the water supply
storage capacity of the reservoir and also acts as a sink for attached
nutrients to be retained and periodically recycled within the
reservoir. Nutrient enrichment can lead to more frequent algae blooms
resulting in taste and odor problems in drinking water obtained from the
reservoir.
Water Planning
The
Kansas Water Office Planning Program, in cooperation with other state
and federal agencies, prepare the state comprehensive plan for the
management, conservation and development of Kansas' water resources.
The Kansas Water Plan is updated regularly and provides the
framework for addressing the state's water problems, issues and
concerns.
Dispute
Resolution
Services
The Kansas Water Office provides
facilitation services for people and organizations involved in water or
natural resource related issues, whether they are between two parties or
involve multiple parties. Participation in facilitated sessions is
voluntary. These services are sponsored by the Governor’s Sub-Cabinet
on Natural Resources.
Fact Sheet
- Brochure
Water Conservation
The
Kansas Water Office has the statutory responsibility to develop and
maintain guidelines for water conservation plans and practices, and to
provide, or arrange to provide, technical assistance for water uses
required to adopt and implement conservation plans and practices. The
Water Conservation Program has developed guidelines for municipal,
industrial and irrigation water use.
Kansas
2007 Municipal Water Conservation Plan Guidelines
Water Conservation
Education
The Kansas Water Office is committed to protecting the future of our
national and local water supply through water-efficient practices, products, and
services. That is why we are partnering with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to bring to you WaterSense, a national program that offers people a
simple way to make product choices that use less water - and perform as well or
better than your existing products.
Drought Monitoring
The
Kansas Water Office has the statutory responsibility to advise the
Governor on drought conditions and coordinates the Governor's drought
response team. The Drought Monitoring Program collects climate data
from a variety of sources, monitors drought activities and publishes a
Drought Report during periods of drought.
Water Assurance
The
Water Assurance Program was enacted in statute in 1986. The purpose of
the Program is to allow for coordinated operation of state-owned or
controlled water storage space in federal reservoirs in a designated
basin to satisfy downstream municipal and industrial water rights during
drought conditions. Water right holders are therefore assured to
receive enhanced flow during times of drought by state operation of
reservoirs in a basin as a system for increased efficiency in water
delivery.
Water Marketing
The
1974 Legislature enacted the State Water Plan Storage Act, which
authorizes the KWO to contract with water purchasers for sale of water
from state owned storage in federal reservoirs. Water sold from these
reservoirs must be used for municipal or industrial purposes. The
purpose of the Program is to develop adequate water supply storage to
meet present and anticipate municipal and industrial water needs, in the
best interests of the state.
Weather Modification
The KWO
administrates the provisions of the Kansas Weather Modification Act
which authorizes it to license operators and issue permits related to
the weather modification programs in Kansas. The purpose of this
program is to insure that operations are safe to operators and the
public and that the operations are beneficial to the state.
Water Conservation Project Fund - UARK Basin
The Water Conservation Project Fund received
$9,684,425 of the $34,615,146 State of Colorado payment to Kansas, as a
result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Kansas v. Colorado lawsuit
regarding violations of the Arkansas River Compact. K.S.A. 82a-1803
instructs the Director of the Kansas Water Office to administer these funds in
the affected area with priority to projects that achieve the greatest water
conservation efficiency for the general good and those that have been required
by the Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources.
The 2008 Kansas Legislature provided
opportunity to Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 3 to
administer these funds through a grant agreement with the Kansas Water Office.
Inquiries for funds should now be addressed to Southwest Kansas
Groundwater Management District No. 3, 409 Campus Drive, Suite 108,
Garden City, KS 67846, Phone 620-275-7147. Projects under
the Water Conservation Project Fund must be in
the area impacted by reduced Arkansas River flows entering Kansas from
Colorado and meet eligibility requirements and goals in K.S.A. 82a-1803
and Senate Bill 534.
Related projects are provided below:
Feasibility Study 1:
South Side Alternative Delivery System and Ditch Lining
Feasibility Study 2: Lake McKinney
Capacity and Bypass
Upper Arkansas River
Conservation Project Reconnaissance Study
Section 1 -
Overview and
Summary
Section 2 - Individual Summaries of
Projects for Consideration
Pages 1 - 37
Pages 38 - 39
Pages 40 - 78
Appendix A
Appendix B
Feasibility
Study 3: Enhanced Aquifer Recharge
The Kansas Water Appropriation Act:
http://www.ksda.gov/includes/statute_regulations/appropriation/KWAA_Rules_Regs_2006_FullVersion.pdf
Compact law:
http://www.ksda.gov/includes/statute_regulations/interstate_water_issues/Arkansas_River_Compact_1949.pdf
Kansas Geological
Survey report on the Arkansas River water salinity -
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Hydro/UARC/index.html
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