Kansas Groundwater Management Districts

Equus Beds GMD2

Southwest Kansas GMD3

Western Kansas GMD1

Big Bend GMD5

Northwest Kansas GMD4

EQUUS BEDS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2Total Reported Groundwater Use, 1992-2012

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

160000

180000

200000

220000

240000

OTHER INDUSTRIAL MUNICIPAL IRRIGATION

Year

Repo

rted

Gro

undw

ater

Use

(acr

e-fe

et)

Average Water-Level Decline Jan 2011-Jan 2012 : 3.2 feet

Average Water-Level Decline Jan 2012-Jan 2013 : 1.8 feet

Enhanced Well Spacing &Application Review Suspension Area

Applications filed on or after October 10, 2012 suspended for processing until October 12, 2014.

Change in PD applications moving more than 300 feet or increasing number of wells also suspended

Drought Impacts

Cheney Reservoir

ARKANSAS RIVER – AUGUST 2012

LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER – AUGUST 2012

LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER – JULY 30, 2013~7,500 CFS

LITTLE ARKANSAS RIVER – JULY 30, 2013~7,500 CFS

Flow Rate equal to 4,200 center pivots operating at 800 GPM!

District ActivitiesSpecial Projects

AGRICULTURE WATER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM - AWEP

• AWEP Proposal approved in 2010

• Five year program – Partnership with NRCS

• $3.71 Million obligated in 2010 -2013

• ~2955 acres converted from flood to center pivot

• ~3664 acres converted to sub-surface drip irrigation

WATER METERING

WATER METERING

• Modifications to the District’s water metering regulations approved by the Chief Engineer, DWR in 2011

• Modifications require all non-domestic wells not equipped with a water meter as of December 31, 2010, to be equipped with a water meter according to the following schedule:

WATER METERING

WATER METERING

• All non-domestic wells in the Northeast quarter of every section in the District by December 31, 2012

• All non-domestic wells in the Southeast quarter of every section in the District by December 31, 2013

• All non-domestic wells in the Southwest quarter of every section in the District by December 31, 2014

• All non-domestic wells in the Northwest quarter of every section in the District by December 31, 2015

Area 1

Area 2

Area 3

Area 4

GMD2 PROPOSEDEXPANSION AREAS