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<br />o <br /> <br />jooO. <br />~ <br />en <br />~ <br /> <br />\,'i\C !\~~i.)n: ~: hS^ No. Problem <br />Arkansas-White-Red Kansas 1103 I^-ICOl~ <br /> 2 <br />Pr0bl~rr: Title: Time Per iod: <br />Lower Arkansas flood con tra 1 and conservation needs in 1975-1985 ....ll- <br /> Kansas 1985-2000 ....ll- <br />Water Issue5 (Fresh Water, Marine. Estuarine, Groundwater): <br />01-A2 Surface water supply is needed at Wichita and Augusta. <br />03-Al,A2, Salinity due to natural BaIts, both chlorides and gypsum are of particular <br /> Bl, B2 concern on the Arkansas and trlhutar1eso Areas identified with this <br /> problem include the msinstem of the Arkansas, Nlnnescah and WhitewBter I <br /> Rivers, and Cow and Rattlesnake Creeks in Kansas. <br />07-G6 A fish and wild lif e refuge area near St. John, Kansas, should be protec tef <br /> from improvements. <br />08-25-A2 Urban problems et Wichitan, Kansas, require sy sterna tic look at flooding, I <br /> water supply, water qua 11 ty, and wastewater management. I <br />Related Land Issues: <br />30, 31-AI,A2,BI,B2 Flood ing ia a serious problem <br />37 Phreatophyte intrusion in the Salt Fork area 10 a problem, <br /> near the Oklahoma border and in Oklahoma. <br />30,31,34,35,38 Flooding, erosion, sedimentation, and water management are <br /> AI, A2, BI, B2 problems in the Lit tl e Arkansas area. Flooding ia serious on <br /> main stem below Great Bend to State line, on Cow Creek above <br /> Hutchinson, on Little Arkansas above Holstead, in ~ichita, <br /> and at Augusta on Walnut River. - Urban fllod problem sreas <br /> are Sterlins, Nickerson, McPherson, Ha I stead, Sedgwick, <br /> Arkansas City, Kingman, Wellington, Medicine Lodge, <br /> Independence, Coff eyv ille, Parsons, Augusts, and Park Ci ty, <br /> Kansas. Bank stabilization ia needed on Arkansas River from <br /> Great Bend to Ok lahoma State line and on Ninnescah River <br /> from Kingman on South Fork and Cheney Reservoir on North <br /> Fork to mouth. <br />Institutional Issues: <br />Financing and Repayment Issues: <br />Other (including interrelationships among issues): <br />Description of Problem Area: This covers the south-central portion of Kansas, including <br /> of Rice, McPherson, Reno, Harvey, Pratt, Kingman, Sedgwick, Butler, <br />the Counties <br /> Cowley, and portion of Stafford County. Wichita ia the major <br />Harper, Sumner, a <br />city of the area. <br /> See S ta te of Kansas reference Nos. I, 2, and 5. <br />I Reference Sources: 2.,. <br />