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<br />OQ17S4 <br /> <br />Proceedings of Conference <br />on <br />Future Kansas Irrigation Water Demands <br />Impact of Technology and Management <br /> <br />The meeting was divided into four major areas--opening remarks by <br />personnel of the Kansas Water Resources Board, presentations by Kansas <br />State University staFf, a round-table discussion by all participants, <br />and finally a critique by the Kansas Water Resources Board staff. <br /> <br />Mr. Krause, in opening remarks, touched briefly on the three major <br />planning studes now underway by the Water Resources Board. The first <br />involves the study by the Board in the Little Arkansas Drainage area <br />immediately north of Wichita covering portions of Sedgwick, Harvey, <br />McPherson, Rice, and Reno counties. Another major study underway is <br />one involving the Bureau of Reclamation of the U.S. Department of <br />Interior and the Water Resources Board in a state-wide investigation <br />called the Kansas State Water Plan Studies. The third study of signif- <br />icance is a joint study between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, <br />principally the Soil Conservation Service, and the Water Resources <br />Board to assess rural community problems and possible solutions in the <br />Arkansas Drainage Basin in Kansas. <br /> <br />In each of those studies, Mr. Krause pointed out, one of the principal <br />problems is refining previous estimates to be realistic in terms of <br />demand and supply. Mr. Krause indicated the Water Resources Board was <br />interested in finding out what the participants in the seminar felt <br />the future holds in terms of changes in management and/or technology <br />as it might affect future use of water for irrigation. <br /> <br />Mr. Power presented preliminary gross water withdrawal demands. <br />Projections he used were based on population and employment projections <br />developed by the Office of Business Economics of the U.S. Department <br />of Commerce and on agricultural development in Kansas based on the <br />Board's projection for irrigation, which used Dr. Bidwell's projections <br />of crop yields. The following table is Mr. Power's estimate of water <br />used in 1965 and to be used in 2000. <br /> <br />1. <br />