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Volume III Kansas Water Plan

Cover Volume IIIThe twelve Kansas River Basin Plans - Cimarron; Kansas-Lower Republican; Lower Arkansas; Marais des Cygnes; Missouri; Neosho; Smoky Hill-Saline; Solomon; Upper Arkansas; Upper Republican; Verdigris and Walnut.

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Basin Priority Issue Update Table (pdf)

KANSAS RIVER BASIN SECTIONS

CIMARRON BASIN
(CIM)

Image Cimarron Basin  

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Management of the Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer
     Arkansas River Shiner
     Salt Cedar & Other Non-Native Phreatophyte Control
     Bioenergy & Water

PDF Version - Entire CIM River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - CIM River Basin Section

KANSAS-LOWER REPUBLICAN BASIN (KLR)
 

Image Kansas Lower Republican Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Kansas River Degradation
     Watershed Restoration & Protection
(August 2006)

     Water Supply Management & Conservation
     Lower Republican River System Management (January 2010)

PDF Version - Entire KLR River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - KLR River Basin Section

LOWER ARKANSAS BASIN
(LARK)
 

Image Lower Arkansas Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Bioenergy & Water
     The Role of Reuse in Water Conservation
     Long Term Public Water Supply
     Rattlesnake Creek Subbasin

     Watershed Restoration & Protection (January 2007)

PDF Version - Entire LARK River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire LARK River Basin Section

MARAIS DES CYGNES BASIN
(MDC)
 

Image Marais des Cygnes basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Comprehensive Flood Assessment
     Watershed Restoration & Protection
(January 2008)

     Water Supply Management & Conservation

PDF Version - Entire MDC River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire MDC River Basin Section

 

MISSOURI BASIN
(MO)
 

Image Missouri Basin       

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Missouri River Bed Degradation Impacts
     Increased Water Recreation Use and Access
     Watershed Restoration & Protection
(January 2008)
PDF Version - Entire MO River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire MO River Basin Section

NEOSHO BASIN
(NEO)
 

Image Neosho Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues

     Watershed Restoration & Protection
     Water Supply Management & Conservation
     Management of the Ozark Plateau Aquifer

            & the Spring River
PDF Version - Entire NEO River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire NEO River Basin Section

SMOKY HILL-SALINE BASIN
(SHS)
 

Image Smoky Hill Saline Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer Declines
     Water Supply
     Lower Smoky Hill River Water Management

PDF Version - Entire SHS River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire SHS River Basin Section

 

SOLOMON BASIN
(SOL)
 

Image Solomon Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer Water Level Declines
     Subbasin Water Management
     Minimum Water Levels in Webster Lake

PDF Version - Entire SOL River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire SOL River Basin Section

 

UPPER ARKANSAS BASIN
(UARK)
 

Image Upper Arkansas Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Management of the Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer
     Middle Arkansas Subbasin
     Salt Cedar & Other Non-Native Phreatophyte Control
     Bioenergy & Water
     Interstate Cooperation to Address Water Quality
     Watershed Restoration & Protection
(January 2007)
PDF Version - Entire UARK River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire UARK River Basin Section

UPPER REPUBLICAN BASIN
(UREP)

Image Upper Republican Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer Water Level Declines
     Republican River System Management:
          Compact Compliance & Damages

PDF Version - Entire UREP River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire UREP River Basin Section

VERDIGRIS BASIN
(VER)
 

Image Verdigris Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Watershed Restoration & Protection
     Water Supply Management & Conservation
     Comprehensive Flood Management
     Protecting and Enhanced Instream Flows

PDF Version - Entire VER River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire VER River Basin Section

WALNUT BASIN
(WAL)

 

Image Walnut Basin 

Basin Plan Description

Basin Management Categories

Basin Priority Issues
     Watershed Restoration & Protection
     Water Supply Management & Conservation
     Regional Planning for Urbanization
     Comprehensive Flood Management
     Recreation Use of the Walnut River

PDF Version - Entire WAL River Basin Section

Text Only PDF Version - Entire WAL River Basin Section


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