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Established in 1976
Established in 1976
Continuing our region’s long-standing commitment to conservation, the District is preparing action plans for each area of concern identified by the board of directors. Your input is essential to ensure these plans address the priorities that matter most to our region.
Voice call access to the District's twelve weather stations is no longer available due to circumstances beyond our control. To make sure you can still get the information you need, we’ve upgraded our communications hardware and created an online dashboard. Future upgrades are planned as well.
The District has created a new Public Mapping portal ("Portal") to promote transparency and public understanding of water policy in Central Kansas. We encourage water users throughout the region to utilize this Portal to see programs available for water conservation in the District.
The Plan-EIS describes the environmental effects of the proposed construction of an augmentation wellfield that will deliver water to Rattlesnake Creek upstream of Quivira National Wildlife Refuge to provide long-term, sustainable agricultural water management within the Rattlesnake Creek subbasin of the District.
The objective of the Irrigation Technology Initiative (ITI) is to provide system assessments to help producers gain a better understanding of their water system’s efficiency. The ITI is available for any irrigator within the boundaries of the groundwater management districts. This project is funded in-part by the State of Kansas Water Plan Fund.
The District is spearheading a water quality initiative to gain a better understanding of the water quality in the aquifer. As a service to water users in Central Kansas, the District provides free water sampling and analysis for specific water constituents. The District supplies water bottles, instructions for proper sample collection, and analysis at no cost to the water user.
The CKWBA has the Savings Account that allows a portion of unused water to be preserved for future use at the same location. The CKWBA also has the Deposit & Lease program that allows the historical water use of a water right to be transferred to other areas within the region. Both programs have grown in popularity and give water users additional flexibility while helping conserve local water resources.
Big Bend Groundwater Management District #5 (GMD5) lies in the South Central portion of the state and covers part of eight counties: Barton, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Rice, and Stafford.
125 S Main St, Stafford, KS 67578, US
ph: (620) 234-5352 fax: (620) 234-5718
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