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CI & VA,TMDLs O?61 . . htlp:/Iwww.kdhe.state.ks.usllmdlluaslrearr 5, K.S,A. 82a-901, et seq, empowers the Kansas Water Office to develop a state water plan directing the protection and maintenance of surface water quality for the waters of the state. 6. K,S,A, 82a-1803 creates the Water Conservation Projects Fund to be administered by the Kansas Water Office for water conservation and water use efficiency projects in the Upper Arkansas River Basin impacted by thc Arkansas River Compact. 7, The Kansas Waler Plan and the Upper Arkansas Basin Plan provide the guidance to state agencies to coordinate programs intent on protecting water quality and to target those programs to geographic areas of thc statc for high priority in implemcntation, 8, K.S,A, 82a-520 contains the Arkansas River Compact between Colorado and Kansas, including the provisions for administering the delivery of water betwcen the states.. 9, K,S,A. 82<1-70 I, et seq, iluthorizes the Chief Engineer and the Division of Water Resources to administcr water appropriations in the state. including prevcntion of wastc and planning and practicing water conservation, Funding: The Water Conservation Projects Fund receives a portion of the funds recovered through the litigation over the Arkansas Ri vel' Compact. The Fund is to be used for projects involving efficiency improvements to canals. water use efficiency devices, tailwater systems of irrigation system efficiency upgrades, monitoring equipment, al1ificial recharge or water light purchase and maintenance of the Arkansas River channel. Other protection or planning activities are incorporated within the Upper Arkansas Basin Plan of the Kansas Water Plan, The state water planning process, overseen by the Kansas Water Office, coordinatcs and directs programs and funding toward watersheds and water resources of highest priOlity. Typically, the state allocates a portion of the $16-18 million available annually from the State Water Plan Fund to water quality and waler conservation projects and programs, While most of this Medium Pliority TMDL involves implementation activities after 2005 which can be supported through other funds, some monitoring and Source Water Protection Planning activities should be considered for funding in the 2002-2005 time period, Effectiveness: Irrigation return now controls are difficult to implemcnt, although tailwater management has been practiced in Kansas for decades, The interaction of the requirements of the Arkansas River Compact complicates the abi Iity of the state to implement this TMDL As such. the priority for this TMDL will remain Medium, as the state explores collaborative opportunities to reduce the impairment of excessive loading from inigated lands in Colorado. Furthermore, the more pressing issue of selenium impailment with parallel causes will arise with the development of the 2002 Section 303d list and anticipated subsequent TMDL. Should bi-state cooperation lag below expectations over the next five years to hinder progress in improving water quality conditions from those seen over 1987-1999. the federal govemment may impose more stlingent conditions on the states in order to meet the desired endpoints expressed in this TMDL 6. MONITORING KDHE should collect bimonthly samples at Stations 223 and 286 over 2000-2010 in order to assess progrcss in implementing this TMDL over each of the thrce detlncd seasons during thc initial implementation period, DUling the evaluation period (2005-2010). more targeted sampling may need 10 be conducted under flow conditions below 10 cfs and between 200-400 cfs in order 10 deternline the achievement of the desired endpoints of this TMDL. Use of the real time now data available al Lhc Coolidge and Garden Cily stream gaging stations can direct sampling efforts, Additionally, SllppOI1 of a lIl'HAl "7.n.