Kansas Water Plan
The Kansas Water Plan is used by the State of Kansas to coordinate the management, conservation and development of the water resources of the state. It contains recommendations on how the state can best achieve the proper use and control of water resources. The Kansas Water Office is responsible for developing the Kansas Water Plan. The Kansas Water Authority approved the Update of the 2009 Kansas Water Plan on January 29, 2009. Implementation may be through legislation, funding, or focus or existing agency(ies)' programs.
The Kansas Water Plan is in three volumes plus the Atlas:
Volume
I - Executive Summary; Organization of the Water Plan;
Kansas Water Planning; Process and Purpose; Kansas Physiographic,
Climate and Demographic Setting; History of Water Planning in
Kansas.
Volume
II - Statewide Management Categories and Policies:
Water Resource Objectives; Water Management; Water Conservation;
Public Water Supply; Water Quality; Flood Management; Wetland and
Riparian Management; Water-Based Recreation; Data and Research;
Public Information and Education; Enhanced Stream Corridor and
Wetland Management to Address Reservoir Sedimentation.
Volume
III - The 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.
Kansas
Water Plan Atlas - State and basin-specific maps
illustrating various resource conditions including aquifers, surface
water, water use, major crops and livestock, and more.
Kansas
Water Plan Basin Priority Issue Update Table
