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SOUTHWEST KANSAS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT NO.3 NONPROFITORG.
<br />409 Campus Drive, Suite 106, U.S. POSTAGE
<br />Garden City KS 67846 G,,RD PAID
<br />PERMIT NO. 56
<br />RETURN SERVICES REQUESTED RECEIVED
<br />F. L. Sparks
<br />CO Wtr Conservation Bd MAY o 7 2003
<br />1313 Sherman Street
<br />Denver, CO 80203 Onloradn Water ( ?onservaiicn nua,
<br />GMD3 Supports Sam Brownback's High Plains Aquifer "3M" Act, S. 212
<br />The Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District's Board of Directors supports The High Plains
<br />Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, Moe a Vlo 4to PC,111,,fRRAtPRt,passed the
<br />US Senate on April 8, 2@QX. ��'tt?#1ki3r%a1C, we enc 1b`'t� 'A9Y9 , I o ihi egislation by the US
<br />House of Representatives. This type of initiative is vital to all levels of future planning. Individuals,
<br />corporations, cities, inner= governments, and state governments can all benefit from -better
<br />hydrologic information. The District has provided letters of support to the Kansas Delegates of the US
<br />House of Representatives.
<br />Voluntary Irrigation Set -a -Side Reserve Incentive Program
<br />The Southwest Kansas Groundwater Management District's Board of Directors supports a voluntary
<br />irrigation set -a -side incentive program. Maggie Nelson, Senator Brownback's staff person, informed the
<br />District that Brownback's office has explored this concept, but that nothing firm had been drafted as of
<br />April 8, 2003. In lieu of the lack of any draft legislation, the Senator has requested an economist to
<br />review the concept.
<br />DWR Hosts Public Meetings on Stream Flow Impairment Issues
<br />The DWR has scheduled public information meetings to present information on hydrologic studies
<br />conducted to determine the effect of pumping on streams in groundwater and surface water locations in
<br />Meade, Clark, and Comanche counties. This may be of concern to owners of wells located in Ford and
<br />Meade Counties that may have an influence on the streams listed along with the meeting schedules as
<br />follows:
<br />3:00 PM, Monday, May 19, 2003, Bucklin National Bank, 110 North Main, Bucklin, KS.
<br />Subject: Kiowa Creek Study and irrigation wells located in Southern Ford County. Impact of irrigation
<br />wells on outflows to West Kiowa Creek and other tributaries to Kiowa Creek.
<br />9:00 AM, Tuesday, May 20, 2003, B Building, Meade County Fairgrounds, Post Street, Meade, KS.
<br />Subject: Crooked Creek Basin Study. Impact of irrigation wells on outflows to Spring Creek tributary to
<br />Crooked Creek.
<br />1:30 PM, Tuesday, May 20, 2003, Civic Connection, 130 Main Street, Minneola, KS.
<br />Subject: Impact of irrigation wells on outflows to Simmons Creek, Hargis Creek and Fish Creek
<br />tributaries to Bluff Creek, as well as Mulberry Creek.
<br />9:00 AM, Wednesday, May 21, 2003, Veterans Building, 239 East Main, Coldwater, KS.
<br />Subject: Impact of irrigation wells on outflows to Nescatunga Creek, Sand Creek, Wildcat Creek and
<br />Indian Creek tributaries to the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.
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