Archived Water Plans

The Kansas Water Plan has undergone multiple updates throughout the years. Documents are available below in PDF format.

2014 Kansas Water Plan

Volume I - Introduction and Background - 2014

• Introduction and Background - Draft

Volume II - Statewide and Regional Water Assessment - 2014

• Water Budget of Kansas - Draft
• Water Demand - Municipal - Draft
• Water Demand - Industrial - Draft
• Water Demand - Irrigation - Draft
• Water Demand - Stockwater - Draft
• Water Demand - Recreation - Draft
• Water Supply - Groundwater Sources and Supply - Draft
• Water Supply - Surface Water Supply
• Water Supply - Non-Traditional Sources and Uses of Water Reuse - Draft
• Water Supply - Surface Water Quality - Draft
• Water Supply - Assessment of Infrastructure Condition and Needs - Draft

Volume III - Guiding Principles - 2014

• Ensuring Each Citizen has Reliable Water Supply
• Conserving and Extending the High Plains Aquifer
• Securing, Protecting and Restoring our Kansas Reservoirs
• Improving our State's Water Quality
• Improving Recreational Opportunities Available to our Citizens
• Developing and Maintaining our State and Local Water Infrastructure
• Reducing our Vulnerability to Extreme Events
• Develop a Long-Term, Affordable & Sustainable Method to Provide Financing for Implementation of the KWP

2009 Kansas Water Plan

The Kansas Water Authority approved the Update of the 2009 Kansas Water Plan on January 29, 2009.

• Volume I - Introduction, History, Purpose, and Process – 2009
• Volume II - Statewide Management Categories - 2009
• Volume III - Kansas River Basins - 2009

Kansas Water Plan Atlas - 2009

• Cimarron Basin
• Kansas-Lower Republican Basin
• Lower Arkansas Basin
• Marais des Cygnes Basin
• Missouri Basin
• Neosho Basin
• Smoky Hill-Saline Basin
• Solomon Basin
• Upper Arkansas Basin
• Upper Republican Basin
• Verdigris Basin
• Walnut Basin
• Statewide Maps

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