WSP02127

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 8/1/1976
• Title: Technical Memorandum - State Regional Futures and Problem Lists -- Activity 2 Phase II -- 1975 National Assessment --- part 1 of 3 -- Cover Page - page 134
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Ground and surface sources are used for water supply requirements.
Ground waters are the principal source in the western half of the state
and surface supplies are the major source in the eastern portion. The
majority of the present irrigation use is serviced from ground water
and this trend will continue under future conditions. The ground
water is a depleting resource and, with continued expansion of irriga-
tion, problem areas with respect to ground water decline will develop.
Surface supplies are available from most of the major eastern drainage
basins. The Walnut, Verdigris, and Neosho basins are, or will be,
regulated by major reservoir developments. Storage incorporated in
these reservoirs is under state or local control and will provide an
adequate source for future anticipated uses. Ground water sources
are generally considered adequate in the other areas to service the
anticipated future requirements for municipal and industrial purposes.

At present, there are seven major reservoirs completed with a
total storage capacity of almost two million acre-feet (a.f.) of which
in excess of 40,000 a.f. is available for conservation use. In
addition, about 400 watershed structures contribute to the total
development of the water resources of the area.

The major reservoirs and the small lakes, public and private,
provide opportunities for recreation and fish and wildlife pursuits.
The western portion of the state is void of major surface water areas
although some recreation activities are provided by the small lakes.

State PlanninR Goals and Objectives

The objectives of state water resource planning are included in
the state water plan act which was enacted by the Kansas Legislature.
As stated therein, the long-range goals and objectives of the state
of Kansas for flood control and conservation, development, and utiliza-
tion and disposal of the waters of the state, are declared to be:

(1) The development, to meet the anticipated future needs of
the people of the state, of sufficient supplies of water
for beneficial purposes, including but not limited to
purposes that are domestic, stockwater, municipal,
irrigation, agricultural, industrial, streamflow
regulation, public recreational and fish and wildlife,
water power, and navigation purposes;

(2) the reduction of damaging floods and of losses resulting
from floods;

(3) the protection and the improvement of the quality of the
water supplies of the state;

(4) the sound management, both public and private, of the
atmospheric, surrace, and ground water supplies of the
state;

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