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stream is recommended to develop the methods. Continuation of nearly all existing stations on regulated streams is recommended. Environmental data on drainage basins and streams should be obtained, including data on channel geometry, flood profiles, land use, time of travel, and aQuifers hydraulicallV connected to streams. HVdrologic studies should be made to analyze the data obtained and to provide the information needed for further development of water resources in the State. IN1RODUCTION The growth and economy of the State of Kansas have been closely related to the availability of surface-water resources. The need for water data was recognized as early as 1895 and a program was begun to define the daily discharge of a few streams. The program continued sporadically until about 1920 when a svstematic effort .to obtain complete streamflow records was initiated. Additional stations were added periodicallv to define streamflow under the widely different hvdrologic conditions that occur over the State. The streamflow measurement program has grown in response to the need for information. The program has been designed in recognition of the need for information at specific sites for water management and also the need for generalized information to define the surface water hydrologv of the State. The existing program reflects the efforts made in 1957 to obtain information efficiently by utilizing the primary station-secondary station concept. This scheme utilizes long term records at a few primary stations to extend short term records at many secondary stations through correlation of monthly flow. The growth of the need for information on streamflow and advances in techniQues of hydrologic analysis show the necessity for a new approach to the design of the streamflow program. Specific goals of the program need to be set, data accumulated during the past 70 vears need to be evaluated in relation to these goals, and the program needs to be modified to produce efficientlv the types of information reQuired. The purpose of this report is to present the results of a studV of the surface-water data available for Kansas and to present a recommended program. This report was prepared as part of a cooperative program between the Kansas Water Resources Board, K. S. Krause, Executive Director, and the U.S. Geological Survey, R. J. Dingman, former chief of the Kansas District, and his successor, C. W. Lane. Appreciation is expressed to the many indi- viduals who contributed technical assistance to the report, especlallv R. II. Carter of the U.S. Geological Survey, and J. A. Power and M. L. Wright of the Kansas Water Resources Board. 2'