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<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.,.
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