Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Article 6 - STORAGE OF WATER
Section 5-6-2 - Storage of water in watershed district reservoirs
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Each person filing an application for a permit to appropriate water for beneficial use and proposing to store the water in a watershed district reservoir shall submit one of the following with the application:
(b) If surface water will be stored in awatershed district reservoir with a capacity of more than 15 acre-feet and an application to appropriate water to be stored in the reservoir was not filed before July 1, 2008, a separate application shall be filed to appropriate water to store water in each watershed district reservoir.
(c) If a reservoir operated by a watershed district has a capacity of more than 15 acre-feet and no application to appropriate water has been filed with the chief engineer before July 1, 2008, the watershed district shall release, drain, pump, or siphon water from behind the dam and maintain the quantity of water stored behind the dam to 15 acre-feet or less.