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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of thewaste,of the water supplies of the

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of the pollution of the water supplies of

(7) the efficient, economic distribution of the water supplies
of the state; and

(8) the sound coordination of the development ,of the water
resources of the state with the development of the other
resources of the state.

The general goals and objectives of the State of Kansas that are
deemed desirable for the achievement of the purposes set forth in the
State Water Plan and that serve as guides for all agencies of tne
state relative to their responsibilities with respect to the water
resources of the state whenever physical and economic conditions
permit, are as follows:

(1) The inclusion of 19,000,000 acres of land in the state
within watershed programs;

(2) the design of proposed levees and dikes so as to reduce
flood risks in agricultural areas to a chance of occurrence
in any one year of lO percent or less;

(3) the design of proposed levees and dikes so as to reduce
flood risks in urban areas to a chance of occurrence in
anyone year of one percent or less;

(4) the design of proposed storage structures for the protec-
tion of agricultural areas so as to provide sufficient
capacity to control the volume of a flood having a chance
of occurrence in anyone year of four percent or less;

(5) the design of proposed storage structures for the protec-
tion of urban areas to provide sufficient capacity to
control the volume of a flood having a chance of
occurrence in'any one year of two percent or less;

(6) the development of additional water to meet the increasing
needs of Kansas munictpalities;

(7) the development of additional water to meet the increasing
needs of Kansas industries;

(8) the development of additional water to meet the needs of
Kansas irrigators;

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