Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Article 22 - EQUUS BEDS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
Section 5-22-17 - Bank storage wells
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 5-22-17
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each applicant for one or more bank storage wells shall demonstrate all of the following:
(1) The hydraulic connection from
the streambed and banks to each bank storage well screen is sufficient to
transmit bank storage water from the bed and banks of the stream to each bank
storage well screen at a rate sufficient to sustain the authorized rate of
diversion of the well or wells.
(2) Within seven days after the pumping of
all bank storage wells has ceased, the water level in each bank storage well,
or a monitoring well located within 100 feet of that bank storage well, will
recover to an elevation equal to or greater than the water level elevation
immediately before the bank storage well began to pump, adjusted for any
regional groundwater level changes not caused by the pumping of the bank
storage well.
(3) The naturally
occurring and artificially induced rate of infiltration from the bed and banks
of the stream when bank storage is occurring will be sufficient to meet the
following conditions:
(A) Equal or exceed the
authorized rate of diversion of all of the bank storage wells;
(B) prevent impairment caused by all bank
storage wells; and
(C) prevent
groundwater mining caused by all bank storage wells.
(b) If an application for a bank storage well is approved by the chief engineer, the applicant shall install one or more water-level measurement tubes at locations that will allow adequate monitoring of groundwater quality and groundwater levels within the area where the annual cone of depression of the bank storage well or wells could be greater than 0.5 feet. Each water-level measurement tube shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with K.A.R. 5-6-13.
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